Hello Adrian
It seems to me that
1) a disembodied attitude is "la condition humaine" and
1b) in our consciousness (or phenomenologically) we cannot be anything else
then alienatiated or disembodied - for instance: anticipation is disembodied
or alienation per definition
2) it does reminds me also of Marx' alienation which I had to study long
time ago
3) the idea of embodiment itself is an idealisation / a "forstellung" / a
representation what it should have to be if there was no condition humaine
(1)
3b) the idea of embodiment is a scientific reflection, for instance we know
how gestalt works (perception) which is subject of science, but we do not
actually experience or appreciate a perception gestaltwise.
Anyway - what comes to mind when reading your question.
Kind regards
John
(Bruges - Belgium)
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Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 3:40 PM
Subject: Terminology: Embodied - Disembodied
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 armust 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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