Moving Ourselves, Moving Others
Motion and emotion in intersubjectivity, consciousness and language
The close relationship between motion (bodily movement) and emotion (feelings) is not an etymological coincidence. While moving ourselves, we move others; in observing others move – we are moved ourselves. The fundamentally interpersonal nature of mind and language has recently received due attention, but the key role of (e)motion in this context has remained something of a blind spot. The present book rectifies this gap by gathering contributions from leading philosophers, psychologists and linguists working in the area. Framed by an introducing prologue and a summarizing epilogue (written by Colwyn Trevarthen, who brought the phenomenological notion of intersubjectivity to a wider audience some 30 years ago) the volume elaborates a dynamical, active view of emotion, along with an affect-laden view of motion – and explores their significance for consciousness, intersubjectivity, and language. As such, it contributes to the emerging interdisciplinary field of mind science, transcending hitherto dominant computationalist and cognitivist approaches.
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Table of Contents
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Introduction | pp. vii–viii
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Prologue: Bodily motion, emotion and mind scienceJordan Zlatev | pp. 1–26
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Part I. Consciousness
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Fundamental and inherently interrelated aspects of animationMaxine Sheets-Johnstone | pp. 27–56
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Could moving ourselves be the link between emotion and consciousness?Ralph D. Ellis and Natika Newton | pp. 57–80
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Visual perception and self-movement: Another lookSøren Overgaard | pp. 81–104
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Emotion regulation through the agesStuart G. Shanker | pp. 105–138
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Moving others mattersVasudevi Reddy | pp. 139–164
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Part II. Intersubjectivity
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Neurons, neonates and narrative: From empathic resonance to empathic understandingShaun Gallagher | pp. 165–196
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Intersubjectivity in the lifeworld: Meaning, cognition, and affectBarbara Fultner | pp. 197–220
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Primates, motion and emotion: To what extent nonhuman primates are intersubjective and whyTimothy P. Racine, Tyler J. Wereha and David A. Leavens | pp. 221–242
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Reaching, requesting and reflecting: From interpersonal engagement to thinkingJeremy I.M. Carpendale and Charlie Lewis | pp. 243–260
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Intuitive meaning: Supporting impulses for interpersonal life in the sociosphere of human knowledge, practice and languageBodo Frank and Colwyn Trevarthen | pp. 261–304
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Relational emotions in semiotic and linguistic development: Towards an intersubjective theory of language learning and language therapyUlrike M. Lüdtke | pp. 305–346
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Part III. Language
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The relevance of emotion for language and linguisticsAd Foolen | pp. 347–368
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From pre-symbolic gestures to language: Multisensory early intervention in deaf childrenKlaus-B. Günther and Johannes Hennies | pp. 369–382
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The challenge of complexity: Body, mind and language in interactionEdda Weigand | pp. 383–406
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(E)motion in the XVIIth century: A closer look at the changing semantics of the French verbs émouvoir and mouvoirAnnelies Bloem | pp. 407–422
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Metaphor and subjective experience: A study of motion-emotion metaphors in English, Swedish, Bulgarian, and ThaiJordan Zlatev, Johan Blomberg and Ulf Magnusson | pp. 423–450
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Epilogue: Natural sources of meaning in human sympathetic vitalityColwyn Trevarthen | pp. 451–484
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Index | pp. 485–492
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