Nietzsche and Embodiment: Discerning Bodies and Non-dualism

Kristen Brown Golden

SUNY Press, Jan 19, 2006 - Philosophy - 240 pages

In Nietzsche and Embodiment Kristen Brown reveals the smartness of bodies, challenging the traditional view in the West that bodies are separate from and morally inferior to minds. Drawing inspiration from Nietzsche, Brown vividly describes why the interdependence of mind and body matters, both in Nietzsche’s writings and for contemporary debates (non-dualism theory, Merleau-Ponty criticism, and metaphor studies), activities (spinal cord research and fasting), and specific human experiences (menses, trauma, and guilt). Brown’s theories about the dynamic relationship between body and mind provide new possibilities for self-understanding and experience.

About the author

Kristen Brown is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Millsaps College.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Nietzsche and Embodiment: Discerning Bodies and Non-dualism; SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy
• Author: Kristen Brown Golden
• Edition: illustrated, annotated
• Publisher: SUNY Press, 2006
• ISBN: 0791466523, 9780791466520
• Length: 240 pages
• Subjects: Philosophy / Movements / Existentialism