PT Journal
AU Forry, GJ
TI Somaesthetics and philosophical self-cultivation: An intersection of philosophy and sport
SO Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis. Gymnica
PY 2006
BP 25
EP 28
VL 36
IS 2
DE Somaesthetics; human body; practice; self-knowledge
AB "Somaesthetics" is a philosophical method that involves a reconceptualization of the human body and philosophy as an academic discipline. This article provides an analysis of somaesthetics as it specifically relates to philosophy of sport. Body practices performed in the context of sport are rich sites for analyzing philosophical concepts of selfawareness, self-cultivation, and self-knowledge. The implications of the disciplinary connections between sport and philosophical self-cultivation are examined.
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