Overview
- Offers original research on the relevance of classical phenomenology for medicine, Psychopathology and the cognitive sciences
- Provides a critical discussion on Merleau-Ponty's attempt at overcoming the mind-body dualism
- Includes a number of papers advancing the understanding of Husserl's later works, in particular the latest Life-World manuscripts (Husserliana 39)
Part of the book series: Contributions to Phenomenology (CTPH, volume 71)
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The 17 original essays of this volume explore the relevance of the phenomenological approach to contemporary debates concerning the role of embodiment in our cognitive, emotional and practical life. The papers demonstrate the theoretical vitality and critical potential of the phenomenological tradition both through critically engagement with other disciplines (medical anthropology, psychoanalysis, psychiatry, the cognitive sciences) and through the articulation of novel interpretations of classical works in the tradition, in particular the works of Edmund Husserl, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Jean-Paul Sartre. The concrete phenomena analyzed in this book include: chronic pain, anorexia, melancholia and depression.
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Keywords
- Affordances
- Bodily Self-awareness
- Embodied Cognition
- Embodiment of Language
- Life-world
- Merleau Ponty
- Mind-body Dualism
- Passive Synthesis
- Phenomenology and Feminist Theory
- Phenomenology and Medical Anthropology
- Phenomenology and Psychoanalysis
- Phenomenology and Sociology
- Phenomenology in Cognitive Sciences
- Phenomenology in Medicine
- Phenomenology of Imagination
- Phenomenology of Thinking
- Self Experience
- Skillful Coping
- The Extended Mind
Table of contents (17 chapters)
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The Acting Body: Habit, Freedom and Imagination
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The Body in Perception: Normality and the Constitution of Life-World
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The Body in Sickness and Health: Some Case Studies
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Intercorporeality and Intersubjectivity: Ideality, Language and Community
Reviews
“The phenomenology of Embodied Subjectivity, displays the richness that phenomenological approaches to embodiment have to offer, both in terms of the many insights of some of its major figures and as a style of inquiry that continues to be aptly deployed in diverse theoretical contexts. As such, the collection is accessible to a broad audience. … is well worth a read for those pursuing research on the topic.” (Matt Bower, Husserl Studies, Vol. 31, 2015)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Phenomenology of Embodied Subjectivity
Editors: Rasmus Thybo Jensen, Dermot Moran
Series Title: Contributions to Phenomenology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01616-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-01615-3Published: 22 January 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34757-8Published: 27 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-01616-0Published: 09 January 2014
Series ISSN: 0923-9545
Series E-ISSN: 2215-1915
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXIX, 356
Topics: Phenomenology, Cognitive Psychology