WEEK 5: Embodied selves Flashcards
Which philosopher coined the term ‘eidetic science’ to describe the examination of the forms of experience?
Husserl
Which academic writer thinks that the body is normally absent from experience? ‘absent body’
Leder
What does absence of the body mean?
A normal condition as we don’t normally think about the role of the body eg breathing
What does absence of the body mean?
A normal condition as we don’t normally think about the role of the body eg breathing
What does Dys-appearance mean?
When an unwanted problem occurs, the body ‘appears’ so that it can be resolved
Changing views of the body
Enlightenment
Name?
What distinction?
What is humanity associated with? compared to?
What should the body be controlled by?
Descartes
Body-mind distinction
Humanity is associated with the mind rather than the body
The body should be brought under the control of the mind
Changing views of the body
Who studied the civilising process?
What does the civilising process mean?
What are people more conscious of?
What happens if someone fails to follow the civilised bodily component?
Elias
the civilising process- controlling the body’s animality
People are more conscious of their body
Failure to follow the civilised bodily component led to shame
Changing views of the body
Romanticism
Promotion of? Through?
What kind of control? (What did the romanticism era emphasise?)
Rational control
Promotion of the authentic self realisation through focus on the body
Changing views of the body
What are the 3 theories
Descartes- body should be brought under the control of the mind
Elias- Civilising process- conscious about the body
Romanticism- rational control- self realisation
The Project of the body
Theorist?
What does the project of the body entail?
Term?
Shilling
Project of the body = path to self realisation
Individualism = encouragement to make own choices. The body is something that we have control over when feeling powerless in changing society due to global forces
