The body : classic and contemporary readings

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The body : classic and contemporary readings

edited and introduced by Donn Welton

(Blackwell readings in Continental philosophy)

Blackwell, 1999

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: hbk ISBN 9780631211846

Description

From Immanuel Kant to Postmodernism, this volume provides an unparalleled student resource: a wide-ranging collection of the essential works of more than 50 seminal thinkers in modern European philosophy.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments. Introduction. Foundations of a Theory of Body. Part I. Phenomenological Formulations. Edmund Husserl. 1. Material Things in Their Relation to the Aesthetic Body. The Constitution of Psychic Reality Through the Body. (Edmund Husserl). 2. Soft, Smooth Hands: Husserl's Phenomenology of the Lived-Body. (Donn Welton). 3. The Zero-Point of Orientation: The Placement of the I in Perceived Space. (Elmar Holenstein). Martin Heidegger. 4. Introduction to Being and Time. Equipment, Action, and the World. Dasein as Affective Responsiveness and as Understanding. Seeing and Sight. Hearing, Discourse and the Call of Care. Hands. On Hearing the Logos. (Martin Heidegger). 5. The Ontological Dimension of Embodiment. Heidegger's Thinking of Being. (David Michael Levin). Maurice Merleau-Ponty. 6. Situating the Body. The Lived Body. The Body in its Sexual Being. The Natural World and the Body. (Maurice Merleau-Ponty). 7. Saturated Intentionality. (Anthony J. Steinbock). 8. Flesh and Blood. A Proposed Supplement to Merleau-Ponty. (Drew Leder). Part II. Psycho- and Sociotropic Genealogical Analyses. Jacques Lacan. 9. Towards a Genetic Theory of the Ego. The See-saw of Desire. Jacques Lacan. The Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Body. Anamorphosis. (Jacques Lacan). 10. The Status and Significance of the Body in Lacan's Imaginary and Symbolic Orders. (Charles W. Bonner). Michel Foucault. 11. Discipline and Punish. The History of Sexuality. (Michel Foucault). 12. The Subjectification of the Body. (Alphonso Lingis). 13. Foucault and the Paradox of Bodily Inscriptions. (Judith Butler). Part III. Towards a Semiotics of the Gendered Body. Julia Kristeva. 14. Subject and Body. On the Meaning of Drives. (Julia Kristeva). 15. The Flesh Become Word. The Body in Kristeva's Theory. Kelly Oliver. Luce Irigaray. 16. Female Desire. (Luce Irigary). 17. Beyond Sex and Gender. On Luce Irigaray's This Sex Which is Not One. (Tina Chanter)
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780631211853

Description

From Immanuel Kant to Postmodernism, this volume provides an unparalleled student resource: a wide-ranging collection of the essential works of more than 50 seminal thinkers in modern European philosophy.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Foundations of a Theory of the Body 1 Part I Phenomenological Formulations 9 Edmund Husserl 11 1 Material Things in Their Relation to the Aesthetic Body 11 The Constitution of Psychic Reality Through the Body 23 Edmund Husserl 2 Soft, Smooth Hands: Husserl's Phenomenology of the Lived-Body 38 Donn Welton 3 The Zero-Point of Orientation: The Placement of the I in Perceived Space 57 Elmar Holenstein Martin Heidegger 95 4 Introduction to Being and Time 95 Equipment, Action, and the World 97 Dasein as Affective Responsiveness and as Understanding 103 Seeing and Sight 103 Hearing, Discourse, and the Call of Care 110 Hands 111 On Hearing the Logos 115 Martin Heidegger 5 The Ontological Dimension of Embodiment: Heidegger's Thinking of Being 122 David Michael Levin Maurice Merleau-Ponty 150 6 Situating the Body 150 The Lived Body 154 The Body in Its Sexual Being 158 The Natural World and the Body 166 Maurice Merleau-Ponty 7 Saturated Intentionality 178 Anthony J. Steinbock 8 Flesh and Blood: A Proposed Supplement to Merleau-Ponty 200 Drew Leder Part II Psycho- and Sociotropic Genealogical Analyses 211 Jacques Lacan 213 9 Towards a Genetic Theory of the Ego 213 The See-saw of Desire 218 The Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Body 221 Anamorphosis 223 Jacques Lacan 10 The Status and Significance of the Body in Lacan's Imaginary and Symbolic Orders 232 Charles W Bonner Michel Foucault: 252 11 Discipline and Punish 252 The History of Sexuality 269 Michel Foucalt 12 The Subjectification of the Body 286 Alphonso Lingis 13 Foucault and the Paradox of Bodily Inscriptions 307 Judith Butler Part III Towards a Semiotics of the Gendered Body 315 Julia Kristeva 317 14 Subject and Body 317 On the Meaning of Drives 325 Julia Kristeva 15 The Flesh Become Word: The Body in Kristeva's Theory 341 Kelly Oliver Luce Irigaray 353 16 Female Desire 353 Luce Irigaray 17 Beyond Sex and Gender: On Luce Irigaray's This Sex Which Is Not One 361 Tina Chanter

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  • NCID
    BA39656376
  • ISBN
    • 0631211845
    • 0631211853
  • LCCN
    98031144
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Malden, Mass.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xi, 375 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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