Moving Ourselves, Moving Others: Motion and Emotion in Intersubjectivity, Consciousness and Language

Foolen, Ad (Editor)/ Lüdtke, Ulrike (Editor)/ Racine, Timothy P. (Editor)/ Zlatev, Jordan (Editor)

ISBN 10: 9027241562 / ISBN 13: 9789027241566

Published by John Benjamins Pub Co, 2012

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492 pages. 9.32x6.50x1.50 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Moving Ourselves, Moving Others: Motion and Emotion in Intersubjectivity, Consciousness and Language
• Publisher: John Benjamins Pub Co
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027241562
• ISBN 13: 9789027241566
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 1.05 kilograms

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Synopsis

The close relationship between motion (bodily movement) and emotion (feelings) is not an etymological coincidence. While moving ourselves, we move others; in observing others move – we are moved ourselves. The fundamentally interpersonal nature of mind and language has recently received due attention, but the key role of (e)motion in this context has remained something of a blind spot. The present book rectifies this gap by gathering contributions from leading philosophers, psychologists and linguists working in the area. Framed by an introducing prologue and a summarizing epilogue (written by Colwyn Trevarthen, who brought the phenomenological notion of intersubjectivity to a wider audience some 30 years ago) the volume elaborates a dynamical, active view of emotion, along with an affect-laden view of motion – and explores their significance for consciousness, intersubjectivity, and language. As such, it contributes to the emerging interdisciplinary field of mind science, transcending hitherto dominant computationalist and cognitivist approaches.

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