num_pages: 240
description: In Nietzsche and Embodiment Kristen Brown reveals the smartness of bodies, challenging the traditional view in the West that bodies are separate from and morally inferior to minds. Drawing inspiration from Nietzsche, Brown vividly describes why the interdependence of mind and body matters, both in Nietzsche's writings and for contemporary debates (non-dualism theory, Merleau-Ponty criticism, and metaphor studies), activities (spinal cord research and fasting), and specific human experiences (menses, trauma, and guilt). Brown's theories about the dynamic relationship between body and mind provide new possibilities for self-understanding and experience.
language: English
title: Nietzsche and Embodiment: Discerning Bodies and Non-Dualism
titlecomplete: Nietzsche and Embodiment: Discerning Bodies and Non-Dualism (Suny Contemporary Continental Philosophy)
genres: Philosophy
ratings_count: 2
publisher: State University of New York Press