Embodied and Existential Wisdom in Architecture The Thinking Hand

In our culture, intelligence, emotions and embodied intuitions continue to be seen as separate categories. The body is regarded as a medium of identity as well as social and sexual appeal, but neglected as the ground of embodied existence and silent knowledge, or the full understanding of the human...

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Published inBody & society Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 96 - 111
Main Author Pallasmaa, Juhani
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.03.2017
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Architecture
Embodiment
Emotions
Existentialism
Human body
Intelligence
Social identity
empathy
sensory thinking
existential wisdom
lived reality
embodied consciousness
thinking hand
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Summary:In our culture, intelligence, emotions and embodied intuitions continue to be seen as separate categories. The body is regarded as a medium of identity as well as social and sexual appeal, but neglected as the ground of embodied existence and silent knowledge, or the full understanding of the human condition. Prevailing educational and pedagogic practices also still separate the mental and intellectual capacities from emotions and the senses, and the multifarious dimensions of human embodiment.
ISSN:1357-034X
1460-3632
DOI:10.1177/1357034X16681443