The Social Body: Habit, Identity and Desire

by Nick Crossley

Book Overview

This book explores both the embodied nature of social life and the social nature of human bodily life. It provides an accessible review of the contemporary social science debates on the body, and develops a coherent new perspective.

Nick Crossley critically reviews the literature on mind and body, and also on the body and society. He draws on theoretical insights from the work of Gilbert Ryle, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, George Herbert Mead...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761966404
• ISBN13: 9780761966401
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 9.1"