Moving ourselves, moving others : motion and emotion in intersubjectivity, consciousness and language
Editor
- Ad Foolen
- Ulrike M. Lüdtke
- Timothy P. Racine
- Jordan Zlatev
Summary, in English
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.
Department/s
Publishing year
2012
Language
English
Publication/Series
Consciousness and Emotion
Volume
6
Document type
Book
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Topic
- General Language Studies and Linguistics
Keywords
- motion
- emotion
- consciousness
- intersubjectivity
- language
Status
Published
Project
- Centre for Cognitive Semiotics (RJ)
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 978 90 272 4156 6