Bodies of Thought

Bodies of Thought
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Publisher : SAGE
Total Pages : 174
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ISBN-10 : 9781446202777
ISBN-13 : 1446202771
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Download or read book Bodies of Thought written by Ian Burkitt and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1999-07-26 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this incisive and truly impressive book, Ian Burkitt critically addresses the dualism between mind and body, thought and emotion, rationality and irrationality, and the mental and the material, which haunt the post-Cartesian world. Drawing on the work of contemporary social theorists and feminist writers, he argues that thought and the sense of being a person is inseparable from bodily practices within social relations, even though such active experience may be abstracted and expanded upon through the use of symbols. Overcoming classic dualisms in social thought, Burkitt argues that bodies are not purely the constructs of discourses of power: they are also productive, communicative, and invested with powerful capacities for changing the social and natural worlds. He goes on to consider how such powers can be developed in more ethical forms of relations and activities.


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