The Body in Human Inquiry
Interdisciplinary Explorations of Embodiment
Published on 30. April 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-57273-507-1 (ISBN)
Description
The human body has recently emerged as a central concept of social theory. Social scientists, philosophers, and scholars in other disciplines now routinely argue that abstract concepts such as class and gender should be understood by examining how they are expressed in the body's everyday practices. Such an approach has humanized social theory by emphasizing the role that concretely situated human beings play in acting out or redefining social norms. How will this emphasis on human embodiment transform methods of social inquiry? The volume takes up this question by examining how the recognition of human embodiment entails reworking standard models of social research. Individual chapters focus on such topics as communication theory, ethics, policy science, globalization and cultural changes, gerontology, and pedagogical practice.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cresskill
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Weight
480 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57273-507-1 (9781572735071)
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Content
Introduction: The Body in Human Inquiry, Vicente Berdayes, Luigi Esposito, and John M. Murphy. Feeling One's Body, Dreaming One's Body, Alphonso Lingis. The Primacy of Expression, Algis Mickunas. Being, Time, and the Ethical Body, Richard A. Cohen. Body Practices and Human Inquiry: Disciplined Experiencing, Fresh Thinking, Vigorous Language, Don Hanlon Johnson. Postmodern Methodology: The Linguistic Turn and Embodied Reality, Jung Min Choi and Karen A. Callaghan. Policy Discourse and Embodiment, Linda Cooper Berdayes. Globalization, Community, and the Embodied Polity, Luigi Esposito, John W. Murphy and Manolo J. Caro. Theory and Outline of a Research Model for Managing Cultural Change, Joseph J. Pilotta. Jason L. Powell. The Body and Educational Practice: Some Themes in the Work of Paolo Freire, Vicente Berdayes, Author Index. Subject Index.