Embodiment and Mechanisation
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9781472415431
Subjects: Human body, social aspects; Human mechanics
Description: Drawing on philosophical, neurological and cultural answers to the question of what constitutes a body, this book explores the interaction between mechanistic beliefs about human bodies and the successive technologies that have established and illustrated these beliefs. At the same time, it draws upon newer perspectives on technology and embodied human thought in order to highlight the limitations and inadequacies of such beliefs and suggest alternative perspectives.