Embodied Cognition in Dark Times
Lee Wilson
Journal of Philosophy of Emotion September 30, 2024 DOI: 10.33497/2024.summer.7 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that an explanatory gap exists between the general normative foundations of essentially embodied cognition and the particular critiques of neoliberalism and alternatives offered in The Mind-Body Politic. Proposes, as a friendly invitation for further elaboration, that this general EEM normativity might lead toward an alternative totalitarian pathway as understood by Arendt. |
Abstract
Michelle Maiese and Robert Hanna’s The Mind-Body Politic sets out to combine both the philosophy of essentially embodied cognition (EEM) and emancipatory political theory to put forth a “new critique of contemporary social institutions.” There remains, however, an explanatory gap between the general, normative foundations of their approach in EEM, and the particular critiques of neoliberalism and the alternative presented. This paper explores an alternative totalitarian pathway (as understood by Arendt) that such general EEM normativity might lead us, as a friendly invitation for further elaboration on the normative basis of MBP’s critiques of—and proposed alternative to—neoliberal institutions.