Self-Care after Severe Injuries in Circus Artists. A Philosophical Inquiry
Self-Care after Severe Injuries in Circus Artists. A Philosophical Inquiry
Author(s): Bernard Andrieu, Josephine Buffet, Cyril Thomas, Haruka Okui, Petrucia Da NobregaSubject(s): Anthropology, Philosophy, Structuralism and Post-Structuralism
Published by: Trivent Publishing
Keywords: Michel Foucault; Marcel Mauss; Circus Arts; Injury; Philosophy of Body; Self-Care;
Summary/Abstract: This study is based on the self-reporting by circus artists’ concerning their injuries. We refer to the theoretical framework of emersiology and argue that circus artists may be able to soothe their distress and pain by learning through their body. We will draw further on the comparison between our therapeutic approach and the techniques of self-care introduced by Michel Foucault in his History of Sexuality.
Journal: The Philosophical Journal of Conflict and Violence
- Issue Year: 2/2018
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 395-404
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
