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Ad Foolen, Ulrike M. Lüdtke, Timothy P. Racine, Jordan Zlatev (red.)
Moving ourselves, moving others. Motion and emotion in intersubjectivity, consciousness and language
2012 | 492 s. | engelska

ISBN: 978 90 272 4156 6
Förlag: John Benjamins

The close relationship between motion (bodily movement) and emotion (feelings) is not an etymological coincidence. While moving ourselves, we move others; in observing others move - we are moved ourselves. The fundamentally interpersonal nature of mind and language has recently received due attention, but the key role of (e)motion in this context has remained something of a blind spot. The present book rectifies this gap by gathering contributions from leading philosophers, psychologists and linguists working in the area. Framed by an introducing prologue and a summarizing epilogue (written by Colwyn Trevarthen, who brought the phenomenological notion of intersubjectivity to a wider audience some 30 years ago) the volume elaborates a dynamical, active view of emotion, along with an affect-laden view of motion - and explores their significance for consciousness, intersubjectivity, and language. As such, it contributes to the emerging interdisciplinary field of mind science, transcending hitherto dominant computationalist and cognitivist approaches.

Sidansvarig: louice.cardell_heppkansliht.luse | 2020-10-05