Abstract: In this article, Thomas Csordas contributes to the development of embodiment as a methodological field. Csordas argues for the relevance of perceptual consciousness in the study of social collectives, and introduces the notion of "somatic modes of attention" to describe the "culturally elaborated ways of attending to and with one’s body in surroundings that include the embodied presence of others." Drawing on examples of somatic modes of attention in the context of healing, Csordas illuminates a defining dimension of the paradigm of embodiment: a dialectic between perceptual experience and cultural practice and patterns. Csordas explores the implications of this dialectic for the ambiguity of analytic concepts and for the concept of indeterminacy.
Abstract: In this article, Thomas Csordas contributes to the development of embodiment as a methodological field. Csordas argues for the relevance of perceptual consciousness in the study of social collectives, and introduces the notion of "somatic modes of attention" to describe the "culturally elaborated ways of attending to and with one’s body in surroundings that include the embodied presence of others." Drawing on examples of somatic modes of attention in the context of healing, Csordas illuminates a defining dimension of the paradigm of embodiment: a dialectic between perceptual experience and cultural practice and patterns. Csordas explores the implications of this dialectic for the ambiguity of analytic concepts and for the concept of indeterminacy.
Abstract: In this article, Thomas Csordas contributes to the development of embodiment as a methodological field. Csordas argues for the relevance of perceptual consciousness in the study of social collectives, and introduces the notion of "somatic modes of attention" to describe the "culturally elaborated ways of attending to and with one’s body in surroundings that include the embodied presence of others." Drawing on examples of somatic modes of attention in the context of healing, Csordas illuminates a defining dimension of the paradigm of embodiment: a dialectic between perceptual experience and cultural practice and patterns. Csordas explores the implications of this dialectic for the ambiguity of analytic concepts and for the concept of indeterminacy.