We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.
We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.
from Part I - Contemporary Perspectives in Anthropology, Philosophy, and Psychology on the Human Body: An Introductory Overview
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 May 2022
In this chapter the body concept evolution is introduced, and its anthropological and psychological implications analyzed in depth. The concept is explored using a theoretical excursus beginning with Plato, the Hippocratic school, and Aristotle, and on to the assumptions of Nietzsche and then the biopower theory of Foucault and Deleuze’s pragmatics of the body, before arriving at current theorizing about the body. Some interesting perspectives on the body are presented which reveal that the human body still occupies a central role in contemporary society. For example, in today’s society the female body tends to become an object of lust, sexual gratification, and seduction, and is used widely on social media by companies, and in advertising campaigns to sell products. Furthermore, today human bodies are often compared to machines, with concerning consequences.
To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure no-reply@cambridge.org is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.
Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.
Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.
