Hi,
I'm working on a book chapter at the moment and have a question about
terminology. Although 'embodiment' is an aspect of human subjectivity
rather than a fact of physical reality, what does it mean to speak of
being disembodied? Does it make sense to say, for example, “Western
civilization creates a more disembodied self'? One can argue that we
must be embodied to exist, in which case this needs to be phrased
differently - something like: "[t]he experience the self has been
essentially disembodied" (Burkitt, 'Bodies of Thought', 1999; 45).
This does mean composing quite convoluted sentences, so I'm interested
in how other people have tackled this.
Cheers!
Adrian
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