BODY AND SPATIALITY IN HEIDEGGER'S THOUGHT: an ontological-existential analysis of corporeality

We investigate the relationship between body and spatiality based on Heidegger's philosophy. We address the accusations of neglect towards the theme of the body in Being and Time, questioning whether Heidegger truly ignores the body or, conversely, offers an analysis of how humans embody their...

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Authors: Nascimento Neto, Arlindo Antonio do, Ribeiro, Caroline Vasconcelos
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2024
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA)
Repository:Revista Húmus
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.periodicoseletronicos.ufma.br:article/25057
Online Access:https://periodicoseletronicos.ufma.br/index.php/revistahumus/article/view/25057
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Body
Dasein
Spatiality
Heidegger
Corpo
Espacialidade
Fenomenologia
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Summary:We investigate the relationship between body and spatiality based on Heidegger's philosophy. We address the accusations of neglect towards the theme of the body in Being and Time, questioning whether Heidegger truly ignores the body or, conversely, offers an analysis of how humans embody their being. We examine whether it makes sense, as some French philosophers argued, to claim that Dasein is an entity devoid of carnality. In the Zollikon Seminars, Heidegger explores the “problem of the body” (Leibproblem) and critiques the Cartesian objectification that reduces the human body to a res extensa. He distinguishes between the material body (Körper) and the lived body (Leib), proposing an ontological-existential understanding of corporeality, considering how it is experienced in existence. We thus ask how Heidegger's conception of the body relates to the spatiality of Dasein in Being and Time.