Body Identity: Towards the Subjective Body

• Authors: Beata Mirucka

Abstracts

EN

This paper is a theoretical investigation of body identity. It is an attempt to deepen the analysis of body identity in its subjective aspect, which is framed as a constellation of complex identity senses: the sense of being, continuity of body self in time and space, inner consistency, separateness and bodily limits, as well as the senses of body ownership and agency. All the identified motives of body identity are regarded as pertaining to a special scope in the relationship with the body which produces the sense of body self, i.e., the sense of being an embodied subject. Ultimately, body identity is defined as a holistic and a higher order manner of experiencing one’s body self which anchors a human being in his/her subjectivity and uniqueness, thus complementing the individual and social aspect of identity.

Keywords

EN

body identity; body self; mental body representations; body identity senses; body consciousness

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Kultura i Edukacja
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 4(118)
• Pages: 32-46

Dates

published

2017

Contributors

author

Beata Mirucka

• University of Bialystok

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/kie.2017.04.03

Biblioteka Nauki

1996430