Body in Human Inquiry: Interdisciplinary Explorations of Embodiment - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572735074 ISBN 13: 9781572735071

Publisher: Hampton Pr, 2004

Synopsis

The human body has recently emerged as a central concept of social theory. Social scientists, philosophers, and scholars in other disciplines now routinely argue that abstract concepts such as class and gender should be understood by examining how they are expressed in the body's everyday practices. Such an approach has humanized social theory by emphasizing the role that concretely situated human beings play in acting out or redefining social norms. How will this emphasis on human embodiment transform methods of social inquiry The volume takes up this question by examining how the recognition of human embodiment entails reworking standard models of social research. Individual chapters focus on such topics as communication theory, ethics, policy science, globalization and cultural changes, gerontology, and pedagogical practice.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hampton Pr
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1572735074
• ISBN 13: 9781572735071
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 246
• Editor: Berdayes Vicente, Esposito Luigi, Murphy John W.