Autoimmune in Theory & Practice

Autoimmune in Theory & Practice

Auto-Anti-Bodies

What if autoimmunity isn't a medical mistake, but a meaningful response? A philosophical look at the "auto-anti-body" as a somatic expression of our dissonance with a sick system.

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Laure Marin de la Vallée
Nov 12, 2025
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The metaphysical purpose of autoimmunity is to recount a dissonance between the body and its context.

In Byung Chul Han’s Palliative Society, he meditates on pain today. In Han’s words: The palliative society is characterized by an unlimited permissiveness. [...] Boundaries are removed. Thresholds are torn down. The immunological resistance to the other …

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