Thinking the body as a basis, provocation, and burden of life : studies in intercultural and historical contexts /

The body is at the same time a place where we express duration and/or discontinuity in history, a witness of radical social changes, and a factor of stabilization and transformation of human life - and therefore an eminent challenge for every human being. This book will contribute in an interdiscipl...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter, Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors: Carugati, Laura S. (Editor), Melville, Gert (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ruta, Carlos (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2015]
München ; Wien : [2015]
Series:Challenges of life ; v. 2
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Body Factories
  • Self-reference and Sociality
  • Thinking the Body
  • Representation and Scene
  • The Headless Body
  • The Body in Psychoanalysis
  • The Body between Creation, Fall, Death, and Resurrection
  • Thinking the Body in the Middle Ages
  • Between Affirmation and Rejection
  • Body - State - Cosmos
  • Belief - Institution - Behavior
  • Is My Body My Own?
  • The "Pornification" of the Gaze
  • Feminicide and the Pedagogy of Violence
  • Use and Representations of the Body among Police Officers in the Province of Buenos Aires
  • About the Authors
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface / Melville, Gert ; Ruta, Carlos
  • Contents
  • Body Factories / Chignola, Sandro
  • Self-reference and Sociality / Rehberg, Karl-Siegbert
  • Thinking the Body / Wilkis, Ariel
  • Representation and Scene / Cenci, Walter
  • The Headless Body / Roig, Alexandre
  • The Body in Psychoanalysis / Freda, Francisco-Hugo
  • The Body between Creation, Fall, Death, and Resurrection / Melville, Gert
  • Thinking the Body in the Middle Ages / Schmitt, Jean-Claude
  • Between Affirmation and Rejection / Preisendanz, Karin
  • Body
  • State
  • Cosmos / Mittag, Achim
  • Belief
  • Institution
  • Behavior / Cai, Hua
  • Is My Body My Own? / Laba, Vanesa Vazquez ; Rugna, Cecilia
  • The "Pornification" of the Gaze / Sibilia, Paula
  • Feminicide and the Pedagogy of Violence / Bidaseca, Karina
  • Use and Representations of the Body among Police Officers in the Province of Buenos Aires / Garriga Zucal, José Antonio
  • About the Authors
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface / Melville, Gert ; Ruta, Carlos
  • Contents
  • Body Factories / Chignola, Sandro
  • Self-reference and Sociality / Rehberg, Karl-Siegbert
  • Thinking the Body / Wilkis, Ariel
  • Representation and Scene / Cenci, Walter
  • The Headless Body / Roig, Alexandre
  • The Body in Psychoanalysis / Freda, Francisco-Hugo
  • The Body between Creation, Fall, Death, and Resurrection / Melville, Gert
  • Thinking the Body in the Middle Ages / Schmitt, Jean-Claude
  • Between Affirmation and Rejection / Preisendanz, Karin
  • Body
  • State
  • Cosmos / Mittag, Achim
  • Belief
  • Institution
  • Behavior / Cai, Hua
  • Is My Body My Own? / Laba, Vanesa Vazquez ; Rugna, Cecilia
  • The "Pornification" of the Gaze / Sibilia, Paula
  • Feminicide and the Pedagogy of Violence / Bidaseca, Karina
  • Use and Representations of the Body among Police Officers in the Province of Buenos Aires / Garriga Zucal, José Antonio
  • About the Authors