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The Phenomenology of Body‐Mind: The Contrasting Cases of Flow in Sports and Contemplation
Author(s) -
Hunter Jeremy,
Csikszentmihalyi Mihaly
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
anthropology of consciousness
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.117
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 1556-3537
pISSN - 1053-4202
DOI - 10.1525/ac.2000.11.3-4.5
Subject(s) - contemplation , cartesianism , phenomenology (philosophy) , everyday life , psychology , aesthetics , mind–body problem , psychic , epistemology , cognitive dissonance , cognitive psychology , social psychology , philosophy , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
The demise of Cartesianism as an animating force in conceptualizing mind and body relations has opened up the field to a wider variety of perspectives, like the "embodiment" of phenomenological thinkers. However, because of Cartesianism's deeply rooted psychic legacy it still makes its presence felt in various places in everyday life. This paper will explore two facets of everyday life, sports and contemplation, which lend themselves to a mind‐body cognitive dissonance affected by latent Cartesian thinking. As an alternative, we will propose a more phenomenologically oriented interpretation based on what has been revealed by historical precedents as well as our empirical investigations. Keywords: Flow, Contemplation, Phenomenofogy, Sports