Jacopo Condò is postdoctoral researcher at INDIRE (Istituto Nazionale di Documentazione, Innovazione e Ricerca Educativa), Italy. His research intersects various domains including moral and political philosophy, epistemology, and psychiatric disorders. He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy (Applied Ethics) from the University of Brighton and Sussex Medical School in 2022. Dr. Condò’s professional journey is marked by diverse roles – from an educator imparting knowledge of Philosophy and History in Italian high schools to a tutor at the University of Brighton, and from a private tutor fostering individual academic growth to a representative for the international association ""Diculther"" for the ""European Cultural Project"" under the Erasmus+ Programme. Dr. Condò also makes contributions to academic discourse. He serves as a reviewer for academic journals (Umanistica Digitale, Culture Digitali) and acts as a committee member for cultural organizations (Diculther, ISRF).
What can we learn about autonomy by thinking about the challenges of severe eating disorders? And what can we learn about eating disorders by thinking through the lens of autonomy? These are the questions that Jacopo Condò takes up in this penetrating book. Condò draws on a broad array of research materials ranging from biomedical research to case law to feminism and disability studies, with a particular focus on relational and dialogical approaches to autonomy. His book manages to be at once philosophically sophisticated and highly relevant to the practice of those professionals who struggle with the sometimes excruciating clinical, ethical, legal dilemmas that arise in attempts to support this challenging and vulnerable patient group. * Wayne Martin, University of Essex, UK *