Bodo Frank
1) Moving Ourselves, Moving Others: Motion and emotion in intersubjectivity, consciousness and language
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
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...