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embodiment  

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  • A sociological term that draws attention to the lived experience of the body as opposed to the mechanistic and biologistic understanding in biomedicine. It is an attempt to overcome the mind-body dualism of our Cartesian heritage, which privileged the rational mind over the emotional body (body; body politics; Cartesian; mind-body dualism; mind-body relationship). [Source: The Sage Dictionary of Health and Society; Embodiment]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/embodiment

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