Somapower: Somaesthetics Reads Politics / / edited by Leszek Koczanowicz.
We do politics in, through, and as bodies. All our political activity is inevitably corporeal. Parliamentary debates, party assemblies, street demonstrations, and civil disobedience are all bodily actions. Political regimes maintain their power by controlling our bodies, both through explicit acts o...
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| Superior document: | Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2025 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2024. ©2024 |
| Year of Publication: | 2024 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2025.
Studies in Somaesthetics ; 8. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 pages) |
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| Other title: | Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / |
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| Summary: | We do politics in, through, and as bodies. All our political activity is inevitably corporeal. Parliamentary debates, party assemblies, street demonstrations, and civil disobedience are all bodily actions. Political regimes maintain their power by controlling our bodies, both through explicit acts of violence and, more insidiously, by inculcating somatic norms of obedience to the political authorities and ideologies. This oppression can be effectively challenged if we use somaesthetics to identify and examine the bodily habits and feelings that express and reinforce such domination. Somaesthetically explored, they can be refashioned and help overcome the oppressive social conditions that produce them. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004697805 9789004697799 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Leszek Koczanowicz. |