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The shifting territories of the body

Posted on December 2, 2017 by Julius Gavroche

But what is a body? … For Spinoza, the individuality of a body is defined by the following: it’s when a certain composite or complex relation (I insist on that point, quite composite, very complex) of movement and rest is … Continue reading →

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The body as a space of dissidence

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Julius Gavroche

… the body is not a thing, it is a situation … Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex The body, we have long learned, is not a mere neutral physical, biological reality, vehicle for an animating soul, or the underlying … Continue reading →

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