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This is a collection of pithy and accessible essays on the nature and implications of human embodiment which explore the concept of 'human being' in the most unprecedented manner through seemingly disparate academic disciplines.
This is a collection of pithy and accessible essays on the nature and implications of human embodiment which explore the concept of 'human being' in the most unprecedented manner through seemingly disparate academic disciplines.
Nancy K. Dess, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at Occidental College, USA, with primary expertise in experimental and comparative psychology. Beyond her empirical research, she advocates for multilevel integrative approaches to complex phenomena, the democratizing potential of science, and fully embodied conceptualizations of the lives of humans and other animals.
Series Editor's Foreword (Brent D. Slife)
Preface by the Book Editor (Nancy K. Dess)
List of Contributors
Introduction
Face it or Replace it?
Why Computational Metaphors Fall Short and Why We Need a New Approach
(Louise Barrett)
Part I: Being
- The Matter of Life and Death: How Humans Embody the Universe
- At Home in Deep Time
- The Secrets of Life: The Vital Roles of RNA Networks and Viruses
- A Brief History of Death
- Attentive Bodies: Epigenetic Processes and Concepts of Human Being
- Uncovering the Living Body: Bodies and Agents in the Cognitive Sciences
- Approaching Learning Hands First: How Gesture Influences Thought
- Digitization, Reading, and the Body: Handling Texts on Paper and Screens
- Embodied Time: A Shared, Ancient Heritage
- Rhythm and the Body
- The Embodiment of Emotion
- Body Focus in Expert Action
- How Bodies Become Viscous
- Embodiment, Plasticity, Biosociality, and Epigenetics: The Politics of a Vulnerable Body for Toxic Times
- Violating the Inviolable: Evolved Reproductive Prerogatives of Individual Women
- Embodiment and the Lived Experience of Diaspora
- Vital Energy, Health, and Medicine
- The Power of Touch: Oxytocin, the "Love Hormone," is Released by Massage Therapy
- Traumatic Embodiment: Traumatic Exposure and Healing
- Virtual Embodiment and Embodied Cognition: Effect of Virtual Reality Perspective Taking Tasks on Empathy and Prejudice
(Iris Schrijver and Karel Schrijver)
(Marcia Bjornerud)
(Luis Villarreal and Guenther Witzany)
(Sheldon Solomon)
Part II: Engaging
(Samantha Frost)
(Fred Keijzer)
(Susan Goldin-Meadow)
(Anne Mangen)
Part III: Coordinating
(Barbara Helm)
(Gregory A. Bryant)
(Giovanna Colombetti)
(Barbara Gail Montero, John Toner, and Aidan Moran)
Part IV: (Re)Locating
(Arun Saldanha)
(Maurizio Meloni)
(Patricia Adair Gowaty)
(Bibi Bakare-Yusuf)
Part V: Healing
(Shin Lin and Gaetan Chevalier)
(Tiffany Field)
(Paula Thomson)
(Fernanda Herrera)
Epilogue
What Embodiment Is
(Anthony Chemero)
Index
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2020 |
---|---|
Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Genre: | Philosophie |
Jahrhundert: | Antike |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Thema: | Lexika |
Medium: | Buch |
Seiten: | 148 |
Inhalt: | Einband - fest (Hardcover) |
ISBN-13: | 9780367370275 |
ISBN-10: | 0367370271 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Gebunden |
Autor: | Dess, Nancy K |
Hersteller: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Maße: | 144 x 222 x 17 mm |
Von/Mit: | Nancy K Dess |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 23.10.2020 |
Gewicht: | 0,328 kg |
Nancy K. Dess, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at Occidental College, USA, with primary expertise in experimental and comparative psychology. Beyond her empirical research, she advocates for multilevel integrative approaches to complex phenomena, the democratizing potential of science, and fully embodied conceptualizations of the lives of humans and other animals.
Series Editor's Foreword (Brent D. Slife)
Preface by the Book Editor (Nancy K. Dess)
List of Contributors
Introduction
Face it or Replace it?
Why Computational Metaphors Fall Short and Why We Need a New Approach
(Louise Barrett)
Part I: Being
- The Matter of Life and Death: How Humans Embody the Universe
- At Home in Deep Time
- The Secrets of Life: The Vital Roles of RNA Networks and Viruses
- A Brief History of Death
- Attentive Bodies: Epigenetic Processes and Concepts of Human Being
- Uncovering the Living Body: Bodies and Agents in the Cognitive Sciences
- Approaching Learning Hands First: How Gesture Influences Thought
- Digitization, Reading, and the Body: Handling Texts on Paper and Screens
- Embodied Time: A Shared, Ancient Heritage
- Rhythm and the Body
- The Embodiment of Emotion
- Body Focus in Expert Action
- How Bodies Become Viscous
- Embodiment, Plasticity, Biosociality, and Epigenetics: The Politics of a Vulnerable Body for Toxic Times
- Violating the Inviolable: Evolved Reproductive Prerogatives of Individual Women
- Embodiment and the Lived Experience of Diaspora
- Vital Energy, Health, and Medicine
- The Power of Touch: Oxytocin, the "Love Hormone," is Released by Massage Therapy
- Traumatic Embodiment: Traumatic Exposure and Healing
- Virtual Embodiment and Embodied Cognition: Effect of Virtual Reality Perspective Taking Tasks on Empathy and Prejudice
(Iris Schrijver and Karel Schrijver)
(Marcia Bjornerud)
(Luis Villarreal and Guenther Witzany)
(Sheldon Solomon)
Part II: Engaging
(Samantha Frost)
(Fred Keijzer)
(Susan Goldin-Meadow)
(Anne Mangen)
Part III: Coordinating
(Barbara Helm)
(Gregory A. Bryant)
(Giovanna Colombetti)
(Barbara Gail Montero, John Toner, and Aidan Moran)
Part IV: (Re)Locating
(Arun Saldanha)
(Maurizio Meloni)
(Patricia Adair Gowaty)
(Bibi Bakare-Yusuf)
Part V: Healing
(Shin Lin and Gaetan Chevalier)
(Tiffany Field)
(Paula Thomson)
(Fernanda Herrera)
Epilogue
What Embodiment Is
(Anthony Chemero)
Index
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2020 |
---|---|
Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Genre: | Philosophie |
Jahrhundert: | Antike |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Thema: | Lexika |
Medium: | Buch |
Seiten: | 148 |
Inhalt: | Einband - fest (Hardcover) |
ISBN-13: | 9780367370275 |
ISBN-10: | 0367370271 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Gebunden |
Autor: | Dess, Nancy K |
Hersteller: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Maße: | 144 x 222 x 17 mm |
Von/Mit: | Nancy K Dess |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 23.10.2020 |
Gewicht: | 0,328 kg |