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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452033503321

Autore

Crossley Nick <1968->

Titolo

The social body [[electronic resource] ] : habit, identity and desire / / Nick Crossley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, c2001

ISBN

9780761966404

1-283-88107-1

1-4462-6607-9

0-7619-6639-0

1-4462-2573-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (179 p.)

Disciplina

128/.6

Soggetti

Dualism

Mind and body

Human body - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contetns; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - Mind-Body Dualism: Investigating Descartes' Ghost; Chapter 3 - All in the Brain? A Popular False Start; Chapter 4 - Beyond Dualism:Exorcising Descartes' Ghost; Chapter 5 - Meaning, Action and Desire: A Preliminary Sketch of Embodied Agency; Chapter 6 - Habitus, Capital and Field: Embodiment in Bourdieu's Theory of Practice; Chapter 7 - Habit, Incorporation and the Corporeal Schema; Chapter 8 - Reflexive Embodiment: Being, Having and Difference; Afterword - Embodied Agency and the Theory of Practice; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Examining key questions regarding human embodiment, this text explores both the corporeal nature of social life and the social nature of the human body. It will be of interest to new students in the area and the more established community alike.