The Body's Recollection of Being: Phenomenological Psychology and the Deconstruction of Nihilism Contributor(s): Levin, David Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0710204787 ISBN-13: 9780710204783 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $52.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1985 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Humanism - Psychology |
Dewey: 128 |
LCCN: 84017925 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (1.13 lbs) 402 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This is a unique study, contuining the work of Merleau-Ponty and Heidegger, and using the techniques of phenomenology against the prevailing nihilism of our culture. It expands our understanding of the human potential for spiritual self-realization by interpreting it as the developing of a bodily-felt awareness informing our gestures and movements. The author argues that a psychological focus on our experience of well-being and pathology as embodied beings contributes significantly to a historically relevant critique of ideology. It also provides an essential touchstone in experience for a fruitful individual and collective response to the danger of nihilism. |