Embodiment

Shilling, Chris (2021) Embodiment. In: Kivisto, Peter, ed. The Cambridge Handbook of Social Theory. Cambridge University Press, pp. 249-271. ISBN 978-1-316-67745-2. (doi:10.1017/9781316677452.014) (KAR id:84823)

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Abstract

The “rise of embodiment” has been one of the most significant developments in social theory over the past thirty years, and this chapter examines the historical context for this (re)turn to carnality before interrogating the ambiguities of recent perspectives that risk losing sight of the enfleshed actor. Identifying the need for a counterweight to these strong constructionist and materialist orientations, I suggest that revisiting creatively the notion of the body schema enables us to pursue different theoretical options, while saving from analytical conflation the facticity of embodied subjects.

Item Type:	Book section
DOI/Identification number:	10.1017/9781316677452.014
Uncontrolled keywords:	Body schema, classical sociology, embodiment, identity, mind/body dualism
Subjects:	H Social Sciences
Divisions:	Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
Depositing User:	Chris Shilling
Date Deposited:	16 Dec 2020 15:04 UTC
Last Modified:	05 Nov 2024 12:51 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/84823 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Shilling, Chris.

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