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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815001303321

Autore

Crossley Nick <1968->

Titolo

The social body : habit, identity and desire / / Nick Crossley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks [Calif.], : SAGE, 2001

ISBN

9781446266076

9781446219867

9780761966404

1-283-88107-1

1-4462-6607-9

0-7619-6639-0

1-4462-2573-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (170 p.) : ill

Disciplina

128/.6

Soggetti

Dualism

Mind and body

Human body - Social aspects

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.