Energetic Bodies: Sciences and Aesthetics of Strength and Strain
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Author: Wilma Scheschonk, Thomas Moser (eds.)
Throughout the fin de siècle, 'energy' was a buzzword that was used far beyond the boundaries of the sciences to negotiate the formative scope as well as limits of Western modernity. It was through the body that this all-pervading and conditioning physical principle as well as its perceptual qualities were to be made tangible. This volume is dedicated to these 'energetic bodies'. The transdisciplinary individual contributions trace body scenarios of force and energy from 1800 to the present. The human body was positioned at the centre of the visualisation of this enigmatic drive of all movement in discourses on labour and economics, physical culture, sport, art, and literature.
ISBN 9783110767063. De Gruyter. pb. 208 pages. 32 colour, 27 b/w ills. 24 x 15 cm.
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Throughout the fin de siècle, 'energy' was a buzzword that was used far beyond the boundaries of the sciences to negotiate the formative scope as well as limits of Western modernity. It was through the body that this all-pervading and conditioning physical principle as well as its perceptual qualities were to be made tangible. This volume is dedicated to these 'energetic bodies'. The transdisciplinary individual contributions trace body scenarios of force and energy from 1800 to the present. The human body was positioned at the centre of the visualisation of this enigmatic drive of all movement in discourses on labour and economics, physical culture, sport, art, and literature.
ISBN 9783110767063. De Gruyter. pb. 208 pages. 32 colour, 27 b/w ills. 24 x 15 cm.
available