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The Phenomenology of Embodied Subjectivity

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Editors:
  1. Rasmus Thybo Jensen

    1. Department for Media, Cognition and Communication/Philosophy Section, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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  2. Dermot Moran

    1. University College Dublin School of Philosophy, Dublin, Ireland

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  • 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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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxix
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  2. The Acting Body: Habit, Freedom and Imagination

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Habit and Attention

      • Komarine Romdenh-Romluc
      Pages 3-19

    3. Affordances and Unreflective Freedom

      • Erik Rietveld
      Pages 21-42

    4. Merleau-Ponty and the Transcendental Problem of Bodily Agency

      • Rasmus Thybo Jensen
      Pages 43-61

    5. Imagination, Embodiment and Situatedness: Using Husserl to Dispel (Some) Notions of ‘Off-Line Thinking’

      • Julia Jansen
      Pages 63-79

  4. The Body in Sickness and Health: Some Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
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    2. Chronic Pain in Phenomenological/Anthropological Perspective

      • Katherine J. Morris
      Pages 167-184

    3. Inter-subjectively Meaningful Symptoms in Anorexia

      • Dorothée Legrand
      Pages 185-201

    4. The Alteration of Embodiment in Melancholia

      • Stefano Micali
      Pages 203-219

    5. The Structure of Interpersonal Experience

      • Matthew Ratcliffe
      Pages 221-238

  5. Intercorporeality and Intersubjectivity: Ideality, Language and Community

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 239-239
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    2. Facts and Fantasies: Embodiment and the Early Formation of Selfhood

      • Joona Taipale
      Pages 241-262

    3. Self-Variation and Self-Modification or the Different Ways of Being Other

      • Carlos Lobo
      Pages 263-283

    4. The Phenomenology of Embodiment: Intertwining and Reflexivity

      • Dermot Moran
      Pages 285-303
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About this book

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. 

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

  • Department for Media, Cognition and Communication/Philosophy Section, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Rasmus Thybo Jensen

  • University College Dublin School of Philosophy, Dublin, Ireland

    Dermot Moran

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

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