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The early history of embodied cognition 1740-1920 : the Lebenskraft-debate and radical reality in German science, music, and literature (2016)
Book
McCarthy, J., Hilger, S., Sullivan, H., & Saul, N. (Eds.). (2016). The early history of embodied cognition 1740-1920 : the Lebenskraft-debate and radical reality in German science, music, and literature. Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004309036

This pioneering book evaluates the early history of embodied cognition. It explores for the first time the life-force (Lebenskraft) debate in Germany, which was manifest in philosophical reflection, medical treatise, scientific experimentation, theor... Read More about The early history of embodied cognition 1740-1920 : the Lebenskraft-debate and radical reality in German science, music, and literature.

Fitness, Nerves, the Degenerate Body, and Identity: Radical Reality and Modernity in Max Nordaus Aesthetics and Fiction (2016)
Book Chapter
Saul, N. (2016). Fitness, Nerves, the Degenerate Body, and Identity: Radical Reality and Modernity in Max Nordaus Aesthetics and Fiction. In J. McCarthy, S. Hilger, H. Sullivan, & N. Saul (Eds.), The early history of embodied cognition 1740-1920 : the Lebenskraft-debate and radical reality in German science, music, and literature (211-223). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004309036_010

This paper argues that Max Nordau’s monistic Darwinism and concept of the subject as embodied place him in the tradition of radical realism. In this context, Nordau’s literary works have hitherto been regarded as heteronomous productions, mere allego... Read More about Fitness, Nerves, the Degenerate Body, and Identity: Radical Reality and Modernity in Max Nordaus Aesthetics and Fiction.