TY - BOOK ID - 113584543 TI - Moving bodies : embodied minds and the world that we made PY - 2023 SN - 1009245651 1009245627 100924566X 1009245635 PB - Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Movement, Psychology of. KW - Psychophysiology. KW - Mind and body. KW - Body and mind KW - Body and soul (Philosophy) KW - Human body KW - Mind KW - Mind-body connection KW - Mind-body relations KW - Mind-cure KW - Somatopsychics KW - Brain KW - Dualism KW - Philosophical anthropology KW - Holistic medicine KW - Mental healing KW - Parousia (Philosophy) KW - Phrenology KW - Psychophysiology KW - Self KW - Behavioral physiology KW - Physiological psychology KW - Physiopsychology KW - Psychology, Physiological KW - Physiology KW - Psychobiology KW - Mind and body KW - Motor psychology KW - Motion KW - Motion study KW - Movement education KW - Muscular sense KW - Psychological aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:113584543 AB - Increasingly we have come to live in our heads, leaving our bodies behind. The consequences have been far-reaching, of which cognitive theory has warned us, advocating a 'return to the body.' This book employs several case studies-kings performing in ballets, sea captains dancing with natives, nationalists engaged in gymnastics exercises-to demonstrate what has been lost and what could be gained by a more embodied approach to living, to history. These curious movements were ways to be, to think, to know, to imagine, and to will. They highlight the limits of historical explanations focusing on cultural factors and question currently fashionable 'cultural' and 'post-modern' perspectives. Bodies, cognitive theory tells us, are the same regardless of historical context, and they engage in the same intentional activities. Returning to our bodies and their movements enables us not only to explain historical actions anew, but also to understand ourselves better. ER -