Description
This book is a theoretical account for general psychology of how human beings meaningfully relate with their bodies-- from the basic physiological processes upwards to the highest psychological functions of religiosity, ethical reasoning, and devotional practices. It unites art and science into a new theory of affective synthesis that human minds are constantly involved in their everyday life worlds.
- Provides a new theory of aesthetic synthesis;
- Demonstrates the links between art and science;
- Provides a new understanding of the role of affect in human cognition.
Table of Contents
Author’s Preface;Introduction: Going beyond the lures of sexuality; Part I. Living by affective hyper-generalization; .- Chapter 1. Theory of the dynamic sublime, grotesque, and aesthetic; .- Chapter 2. Embodiment in action: The making of the self through the body; Part 2. Feeling into the world; .- Chapter 3. Romantic encounters .- Chapter 4. Sensuality in Seeing Through; Part 3. Theoretical proliferations; .- Chapter 5. Sensuality In-Between: Dialogical negotiation of AS-IS with AS-IF, and with AS-IT-COULD BE; .- Chapter 6. Hierarchical integration of human psychological needs; General Conclusion:Sensual living in affectivated worlds.
