Moving Ourselves, Moving Others : Motion and Emotion in Intersubjectivity, Consciousness and Language.
"It is by natural signs chiefly that we give force and energy to language; and the less language has of them, it is the less expressive and persuasive. ... Artificial signs signify, but they do not express; they speak to the understanding, as algebraical characters may do, but the passions, the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
2012.
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| Series: | Consciousness & emotion book series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "It is by natural signs chiefly that we give force and energy to language; and the less language has of them, it is the less expressive and persuasive. ... Artificial signs signify, but they do not express; they speak to the understanding, as algebraical characters may do, but the passions, the affections, and the will, hear them not: these continue dormant and inactive, till we speak to them in the language of nature, to which they are all attention and obedience." Thomas Reid (1764). An Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense. |
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| Item Description: | 1. Living in post-cartesian times. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (500 pages). |
| Bibliography: | References-Primates, motion and emotion-1. Introduction-2. The resurgence of intersubjectivity, consciousness, motion and emotion-3. Wittgenstein, intersubjectivity and consciousness-4. Emotional engagement, bodily motion and secondary intersubjectivity and consciousness-5. Intersubjectivity, consciousness, emotion, motion, minds and behaviour-6. Intersubjectivity, consciousness, emotion, motion, genes and behaviour-7. Conclusion-Acknowledgements-References-Reaching, requesting and reflecting-1. Introduction-2. Interaction and meaning-3. Evolution and meaning-4. The emergence of triadic forms of interaction-5. The roots of language and the emergence of meaning-6. From conversations of gestures to significant gestures-7. Conclusion-References-Intuitive meaning-1. The psychobiology of culture in infancy and early childhood-1.1 The contribution of a natural science of infancy-1.2 Agency and cooperation: How animal individuals move and communicate-1.3 Intersubjectivity with newborns-1.4 Protoconversations with two-month olds-1.5 Increased playfulness, teasing and the performance of rituals and jokes for others' appreciation: Making imitative art-1.6 Sharing tasks with person-person-object awareness or secondary intersubjectivity-1.7 Narrative awareness of infants and toddlers leading to imaginative culture and its inventions-1.8 First steps to proficiency in meaning need good company in a community-1.9 The human brain is motivated for relational interpersonal life, and for cultural learning-2. The socio-sphere: The emergence of mature intimate and responsible cooperation-2.1 The collaborative life as the acquired habitus of meaning and identity-2.2 How semiosphere and sociosphere interact-2.3 Language and interpersonal life. |
| ISBN: | 9789027274915 9027274916 |