Rethinking the Body with Reference to Modern Dance and Gender Studies: Introduction to the Concept of "Merleau-Pontian Universe" (MPU)

現代舞蹈與性別研究中的身體之再思維─「梅洛龐蒂宇宙」概念介紹

何重誼(Jean-Yves Heurtebise)

《運動文化研究》 20期 (2012/06) Pp. 7-37

https://doi.org/10.29818/SS.201206.0001

摘要

儘管「身體」目前是文化研究的一個熱門主題，舞蹈哲學仍舊方興未艾。舞蹈這種活生生的矛盾組合可提供給哲學家一個獨特的場合重新思維主體與對象之間、藝術家與作品之間、心靈與身體之間的諸種關係，並克服西方哲學的傳統二元論。實際上，由於對身體的理解仍舊模擬兩可，古典哲學似乎未能掌握到概念關鍵來理解舞蹈現象。從柏拉圖、笛卡爾到胡塞爾，人類主體性與人格同一性的界定是奠基於智性的與理性的特徵。舞蹈分析能夠有機會在人類學、美學、存有學層面上提出一種對身體新的概念化作用。首先，要分析的是，現代舞蹈的出現以及女性主義的興起彼此間歷史與結構的關聯。其次，舞蹈身體的構成有所理解，將發展出此理解的各種含意。最後，基於身體的重新界定而產生的舞蹈藝術實踐，也有其哲學後果可以被提出。

關鍵字

舞蹈 ； 性別研究 ； 肉體化 ； 身心關係 ； 梅洛龐蒂宇宙

並列摘要

Though the Body is now a hot topic in cultural studies, philosophy of Dance is still in its infancy. However Dance, this living oxymoron, can provide to the philosopher a unique occasion to re-think the relationships between subject and object, artist and work, mind and body and overcome the traditional dualisms of Western Philosophy. Actually, because of its ambivalent understanding of the Body, classical philosophy seems unable to furnish the conceptual keys to understand the dancing phenomenon. From Plato to Husserl via Descartes, the definition of human subjectivity and personal identity has been based on intellectual and rational characteristics. Analyzing Dance gives the opportunity to elaborate a new conceptualization of the Body, in its anthropological, aesthetical and ontological dimensions. Firstly, the historical and structural links between the emergence of Modern Dance and the rise of Feminism will be analyzed. Then, the implications for the understanding of the constitution of dancing bodies will be developed. Finally the philosophical consequences of the dancing artistic practice on the redefinition of the Body will be addressed.

並列關鍵字

dance ； gender studies ； embodiment ； mind-body relation ； Merleau-Pontian universe

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