UID:
almahu_9949386275102882
Format:
1 online resource (xviii, 148 pages) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
9780429352379
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0429352379
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9781000197204
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1000197204
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9781000197181
,
1000197182
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9781000197198
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1000197190
Series Statement:
Advances in theoretical and philosophical psychology
Content:
"This is a collection of pithy and accessible essays on the nature and implications of human embodiment which explore the concept of 'human being' in the most unprecedented manner through seemingly disparate academic disciplines. With contributions from key researchers from around the world, this book engages with embodiment through the lens of "new materialism". It eschews the view that human beings are debased by materiality and creates a vision of humans as fully embodied creatures situated in a richly populated living planet. The essays in this volume will illustrate and foster new materialist thought in areas including psychology, astrophysics, geology, biology, sociology, philosophy, and the performing arts. The book's engaging and enlightening content is made accessible to readers with relatively little background in the various academic disciplines. This is an important and fascinating text which invites readers to explore and expand their understanding and experience of embodiment. It will be particularly useful for postgraduate students and scholars of theoretical and philosophical psychology, philosophy of the mind, and social and cultural anthropology"--
Note:
Introduction: Face it or replace it? : Why computational metaphors fall short and why we need a new approach -- Part I. Being. The matter of life and death : how humans embody the universe -- At home in deep time -- The secrets of life : the vital roles of RNA networks and viruses -- A brief history of death -- Part II. Engaging. Attentive bodies : epigenetic processes and concepts of human being -- Uncovering the living body : bodies and agents in the cognitive sciences -- Approaching learning hands first : how gesture influences thought -- Digitization, reading, and the body : handling texts on paper and screens -- Part III. Coordinating. Embodied time : a shared, ancient heritage -- Rhythm and the body -- The embodiment of emotion -- Body focus in expert action -- Part IV. (Re)locating. How bodies become viscous -- Embodiment, plasticity, biosociality, and epigenetics : the politics of a vulnerable body for toxic times -- Violating the inviolable : evolved reproductive prerogatives of individual women -- Embodiment and the lived experience of diaspora -- Part V. Healing. Vital energy, health, and medicine -- The power of touch : oxytocin, the "love hormone," is released by massage therapy -- Traumatic embodiment : traumatic exposure and healing -- Virtual embodiment and embodied cognition : effect of virtual reality perspective taking tasks on empathy and prejudice -- Epilogue: What embodiment is.
Additional Edition:
Print version: A multidisciplinary approach to embodiment New York : Routledge, 2020. ISBN 9780367370275
Language:
English
Keywords:
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Electronic books.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429352379
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