The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective

The body has traditionally been treated as a biological object in psychology. However, is there more to our bodies than that? Some psychologists recognise that we relate to other people and the world about us through our body. This free course, The body: A phenomenological psychological perspective, explores the theoretical perspective on embodiment: the phenomenological psychological perspective.

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 Embodiment
• 1 Embodiment
• 2 Identity and the body
• 2 Identity and the body
• 2.1 Resisting a body–mind–social split
• 2.2 Body as ‘identity project’
• 2.3 Summary of Section 2
• 3 Phenomenological accounts
• 3 Phenomenological accounts
• 3.1 Lived experience
• 3.2 Consciousness of the body
• 3.3 A body–world interconnection
• 3.4 Experiencing multiple sclerosis: a case illustration
• 3.5 Summary of Section 3
• Conclusion
• References
• Acknowledgements