An edition of Embodiment and Mechanisation (2014)
Embodiment and Mechanisation
Reciprocal Understandings of Body and Machine from the Renaissance to the Present
By Daniel Black
Publish Date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Group,Routledge
Language
eng
Pages
220
Description:
Drawing on philosophical, neurological and cultural answers to the question of what constitutes a body, this book explores the interaction between mechanistic beliefs about human bodies and the successive technologies that have established and illustrated these beliefs. At the same time, it draws upon newer perspectives on technology and embodied human thought in order to highlight the limitations and inadequacies of such beliefs and suggest alternative perspectives.
subjects: Human body, social aspects, Human mechanics, Human body, History, Human body and technology, Corps humain, Aspect social, Histoire, Corps humain et technologie, Mécanique humaine, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Anthropology, General, Regional Studies, Sociology, Social aspects, Mensch, Maschine, Kommunikation, History, Modern 1601-, History, Early Modern 1451-1600, Technology