Kinaesthesia in the Psychology, Philosophy and Culture of Human - Experienc

This accessible book explores the nature and importance of kinaesthesia, considering how action, agency and movement intertwine and are fundamental in feeling embodied in the world.

List of contents

Preface
List of illustrations
Part 1. First movement: theme and variations
1. Being alive
2. What is the sense of movement?
3. Kinaesthesia appears on the map of science
Part 2. Second movement: andante
4. The feel for reality
5. Phenomenology and embodiment
6. Movement and time
Part 3. Third movement: minuet and trio
7. Free dance
8. Walking
9. The dance of life
Part 4. Fourth movement: allegro
10. Gesture
11 .Agency
12. Finale – con brio
References and selected reading
Index

About the author

Roger Smith is Emeritus Reader in History of Science at Lancaster University, UK.

Summary

This accessible book explores the nature and importance of kinaesthesia, considering how action, agency and movement intertwine and are fundamental in feeling embodied in the world.

Product details

• Authors: Roger Smith
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032435886
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3243588-6
• No. of pages: 144
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Dance, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, Perception, PSYCHOLOGY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Theatre Studies, Philosophy: aesthetics, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Phenomenology and Existentialism