Embodiments
Subtitle: from the body to the body politic
By: James R. Mensch.
Series: Northwestern University studies in phenomenology and existential philosophy; Northwestern University studies in phenomenology & existential philosophy
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Evanston, Ill
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780810125605
Subjects: Political science -- Philosophy; Human body -- Political aspects; Sovereignty; Liberty
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The intertwining: the recursion of the seer and the seen; title: Artificial intelligence and the phenomenology of flesh; title: Aesthetic education and the project of being human; title: The intertwining of incommensurables: Yann Martel's life of pi; title: Flesh and the limits of self-making; title: Violence and embodiment; title: Excessive presence and the image; title: Politics and freedom; title: Sovereignty and alterity; title: Political violence; title: Public space; title: Sustaining the other: tolerance as a positive ideal; title: Forgiveness and incarnation.