Embodiment and the Construction of Social Knowledge
Towards an Integration of Embodiment and Social Representations Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8975423 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carla O’connor (0000-0001-8134-075X, Department of Psychology Maynooth University Maynooth, Co. Kildare Ireland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 2-24 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8308 • E-ISSN: 1468-5914 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jtsb.12110 |
| OpenAlex | W2305391668 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 33 |
| References cited | 102 |
Recent developments in the psychological and social sciences have seen a surge of attention to concepts of embodiment. The burgeoning field of embodied cognition, as well as the long‐standing tradition of phenomenological philosophy, offer valuable insights for theorising how people come to understand the world around them. However, the implications of human embodiment have been largely neglected by one of the key frameworks for conceptualising the development of social knowledge: Social Representations Theory. This article seeks to spark a dialogue between Social Representations Theory and embodiment research. It outlines the position the body occupies in the existing theoretical and empirical social representations literature, and argues that incorporating concepts gleaned from embodiment research may facilitate a more comprehensive account of the aetiology of social representations. The value of analytic attention to embodiment is illustrated with reference to a recent study of social representations of neuroscience, which suggested that embodied experience can shape the extent to which people engage with certain topics, the conditions under which they do so, and the conceptual and affective content of the ensuing representations. The article argues that expanding Social Representations Theory's methodological and conceptual toolkit, in order to illuminate the interplay between embodied experience and social communication in the development of common‐sense knowledge, promises productive directions for empirical and theoretical advancement
Cognitive science · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Sociology · Action Observation and Synchronization · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychology · Social Representations and Identity
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Social representations
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Risk and 'The Other'
The Social Body
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The Propagation of Social Representations
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The Tempering of Medical Anthropology
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Brain talk
Neurobiological narratives
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| Unique citing works | 33 |
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| Citations per year | 3,3 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 32 |