Author: Bolens Guillemette
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISSN: 0391-9714
Source: History & Philosophy of the Life Sciences, Vol.25, Iss.4, 2003-01, pp. : 471-480
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Abstract
This article is concerned with two distinct corporeal logics. In the first, corporeality is founded on joints, tendons, and mobility; in the second, the envelope and its apertures are considered primordial. The first logic is extant in very few works. Although these texts (e.g. The Iliad , Beowulf ) clearly share the same, very specific, conception of the body, they belong to different histories. The corporeal logic of the 'jointed body' ( corps articulaire ) cannot, therefore, be appraised in terms of longue durée . The texts represent, instead, a moment of transition between the psychodynamics of orality and literacy. A problem correlated to this fact is that readers (ancient and modern) no longer think using the same logic as that pertaining to the jointed body. They tend to translate information regarding the logic of the jointed body into data meaningful in their own logic.
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