OUTLINES OF BODY

In this work there is a series of questions about the concept of body. Initially the author lists the question proposed by Spinoza and later taken up by Deleuze: What can body? And continues to ask, which may, ultimately, the body changed? Also proposes the author to think about the bodily changes a...

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Main Author: Venus Brasileira Couy
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná 2009-04-01
Series:Travessias
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Online Access:http://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/travessias/article/view/3213
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Summary:In this work there is a series of questions about the concept of body. Initially the author lists the question proposed by Spinoza and later taken up by Deleuze: What can body? And continues to ask, which may, ultimately, the body changed? Also proposes the author to think about the bodily changes adopted by the contemporary subject. Would, after all, the means of intervention of the subject body a way to deal with the discomfort caused by the image of your body? The text presents the known proposal of Lacan on the structural function of the image formation of the ego. In philosophical thought, explores the dichotomy between reason and body and suggests its inadequacy. Also discusses the unspeakable of the body, which it is not training, not discipline, does not fit and not mold.
ISSN:1982-5935