The Body and the Self

The Body and the Self brings together recent work by philosophers and psychologistson the nature of self-consciousness, the nature of bodily awareness, and the relation between thetwo. The central problem addressed is How is our grasp of ourselves as one object among othersunderpinned by the ways in which we use and represent our bodies? The contributors take up suchissues as How should we characterize the various distinctive ways we have of being in touch with ourown bodies in sensation, proprioception, and action? How exactly does our grip on our bodies asobjects connect with our ability to perceive the external environment, and with our ability toengage in various forms of social interaction? Can any of these ways of representing our bodiesaffect a bridge between body and self?