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What Science Offers the Humanities : Integrating Body and Culture.

This book examines some of the problems facing current approaches to the study of culture.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Slingerland, Edward G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Preface; Introduction; TWO WORLDS: THE GHOST AND THE MACHINE; BEYOND DUALISM: TAKING THE BODY SERIOUSLY; VERTICAL INTEGRATION; EMBODIED COGNITION AND THE HUMANITIES; PART I EXORCISING THE GHOST IN THE MACHINE; 1 The Disembodied Mind: Problems with Objectivism; 2 They Live Among Us: Characterizing Postmodernism in the Academy; 3 Pulling the Plug: Laying to Rest Postmodern Epistemology and Ontology; PART II EMBODYING CULTURE; 4 Embodying Culture: Grounding Cultural Variation in the Body; PART III DEFENDING VERTICAL INTEGRATION.