Flesh as Communication -- Body Art and Body Theory

On the last pages of The Visible and the Invisible, Merleau-Ponty investigates “the bond between flesh and idea, and the internal armature which [it] manifests and which it conceals.” Flesh and idea are intertwined in that the body reflects on itself in the act of perception and, one could add, act...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Falk Heinrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Contemporary Aesthetics, Inc. 2012-01-01
Series:Contemporary Aesthetics
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Online Access:http://www.contempaesthetics.org/newvolume/pages/article.php?articleID=633