Constructing Meaning through Human Movement

Making sense of the sacred

ISBN: 978-1-138-92759-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Cultural Dynamics of Social Representation

Human living entails the perpetual exploration of both natural and built-up environments, including physical movement – all modes of sensory involvement, and psychological movement – the movement of the mind. This book takes human movement as a central concept to understanding the richness and complexity of living and explores how both forms of movement, the body and the psyche, intersect and interact. Chapters examine how the higher and lower psychological functions converge in a meaning-making process and provide a theoretical development of semiotic mediation and ambivalence. A series of case studies offer concrete examples of the application of the theory of meaning-making, and consider the relationship between continental traditions (e.g. hermeneutics and phenomenology) and semiotic cultural psychology.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beckstead, Zachary

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Psycholinguistik, Neurolinguistik, Kognition
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Exploring as a Basic and Ambiguous Activity 2. Relating to the Environment and Ourselves 3. So What About the Body? 4. The Dramas of Meaning-Making 5. Social Representations and Practices of Death and Sacredness 6. Accessing the Phenomenon: Microgenesis and Introspection 7. Analysis and Reflections 8. Theoretical Elaborations

Über Autor(innen)

Zachary Beckstead is Visiting Professor of Psychology at Grand Valley State University, USA.