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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Language: | English |
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Contemporary Aesthetics, Inc.
2012-01-01
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Series: | Contemporary Aesthetics |
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Online Access: | http://www.contempaesthetics.org/newvolume/pages/article.php?articleID=633 |