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Developmental Perspectives on Embodiment and Consciousness (Hardcover, New)
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Developmental Perspectives on Embodiment and Consciousness (Hardcover, New)
Series: Jean Piaget Symposia Series
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Until recently, the body has been largely ignored in theories and
empirical research in psychology, particularly in developmental
psychology. Recently however, several conceptions of the relation
between body and mind have been developed. Common among these
conceptions is the idea that the body plays an important role in
our emotional, social, and cognitive lives. This latest volume in
the Jean Piaget Society Symposia Series illustrates different ways
in which the concept of embodiment can be used in developmental
psychology and related disciplines. It explores the role of the
body in the development of meaning, consciousness, and
psychological functioning. The overall goal is to demonstrate how
the concept of embodiment can deepen our understanding of
developmental psychology by suggesting new possibilities of
integrating biological, psychological, and socio-cultural
approaches. Developmental Perspective on Embodiment and
Consciousness explores embodiment in two ways. First, embodiment is
examined as a condition of and influencing the particular shape of
psychological experience. This sense of embodiment reflects the
effort to put the mind back into the body. Second, embodiment is
examined as a reflective experience in the sense that the mind
forms particular images about the body. This sense of embodiment
reflects the effort to put the body into the mind. The book opens
with a discussion of embodiment from a meta-theoretical
perspective. Then the role of embodiment in grounding conceptual
meaning is examined. This is followed by discussions of the role of
embodiment in strengthening our understanding of emotions,
cognitive development, religious experiences, and social
development. Then the role of the body in spatial cognition and the
role of language in the development of complex forms of
consciousness are explored. The final chapters examine the impact
of culture on the conceptualization of the embodied self. The book
concludes with an overview of the historical context of the
mind-body dualism and a discussion of how the idea of embodiment
transcends this dualism. Intended for researchers and advanced
students in developmental, cognitive, and social psychology,
neuroscience, philosophy, anthropology, biology, and sociology,
this new book also serves as a reference for advanced courses on
cognition and development.
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