Moving Bodies: Embodied Minds and the World That We Made

by Erik Ringmar

Increasingly we have come to live in our heads, leaving our bodies behind. The consequences have been far-reaching, of which cognitive theory has warned us, advocating a 'return to the body.' This book employs several case studies-kings performing in ballets, sea captains dancing with natives, nationalists engaged in gymnastics exercises-to demonstrate what has been lost and what could be gained by a more embodied approach to living, to history. These...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009245635
• ISBN13: 9781009245630
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.4" x 8.7"