Synopsis

The body has traditionally been treated as a biological object in psychology. However, is there more to our bodies than that? Some psychologists recognise that we relate to other people and the world about us through our body. This unit explores the theoretical perspective on embodiment: the phenomenological psychological perspective.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Learning outcomes
1 Embodiment
2.1 Resisting a body–mind–social split
2.2 Body as ‘identity project’
2.3 Summary
3.1 Lived experience
3.2 Consciousness of the body
3.3 A body–world interconnection
3.4 Experiencing multiple sclerosis: a case illustration
3.5 Summary
Next steps
References
Acknowledgements

 

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