Acessibilidade / Reportar erro

Shaping the Living Body: paradigms of soma and authority in Thomas Hanna's writings

Donner Forme au Corps Vivant: des paradigmes du soma et de l'autorité dans les écrits de Thomas Hanna

Abstract:

This article outlines some features of the discursive strategies adopted by Thomas Hanna in order to legitimate Somatics - as well as his own method - in the eyes of the scientific community. The notion of soma and the representations of its functions will be recognized at the core of this issue. In order to stress the enduring risk of dogmatism of the scientific rhetoric to our days, as well as their influence on the configuration of somatic discourses, I will be mainly referring to Isabelle Ginot's radical epistemology and Martha Eddy's critical perspective.

Keywords:
Hanna; Somatics; Radical Epistemology; Soma-aesthetics; Scientific Discourse

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Av. Paulo Gama s/n prédio 12201, sala 700-2, Bairro Farroupilha, Código Postal: 90046-900, Telefone: 5133084142 - Porto Alegre - RS - Brazil
E-mail: rev.presenca@gmail.com