Imagination and Performing Bodies / Imagination, corps et performance
Edited by Elizabeth Claire Edited by Beatrice Delaurenti
This edited collection of historical scholarship examines various theories of corporeal perception issuing from natural philosophy, medicine, aesthetics, and performance to explore understandings of the material powers of the imagination as a force for action, liberty, invention, contagion and cure.
Can the imagination cause illness or contribute to healing? Can it shape a foetus in the womb, drive a crowd to dance, convey emotions between stage and audience? This volume explores the controversial history of an imagination conceived as a force capable of producing material effects on the body of the one who imagines, but also on other bodies, even beyond death. From medieval therapies to modern theories of artistic invention, from debates on maternal imagination to contagious dances and the cruentatio cadaveris, the studies collected here demonstrate how the powers of imagination were explained, contested, and put into practice, shedding light on the diversity of thought which sought to explain the complex connections between body and mind, knowledge and societyL’imagination peut-elle provoquer une maladie ou contribuer à la guérison ? Peut-elle façonner l’enfant à naître, entraîner une foule dans la danse, transmettre des émotions de la scène au public ? Ce volume explore l’histoire controversée d’une imagination conçue comme une force capable de produire des effets matériels sur le corps de celui qui imagine, mais aussi sur d’autres corps, jusque par-delà la mort. Des thérapies médiévales aux théories modernes de l’invention artistique, des débats sur l’imagination maternelle aux danses contagieuses et à la cruentatio cadaveris, les études réunies dans ce volume montrent comment les pouvoirs de l’imagination ont été justifiés, contestés et mis en pratique. Elles mettent en lumière la diversité des conceptions ayant cherché à expliquer les connections complexes qui existent entre le corps et l’esprit, entre les savoirs et la société.
- Edited by Claire, Elizabeth
- Edited by Delaurenti, Béatrice
- Edited by Poma, Roberto
- Edited by Vermeir, Koen
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