The object of the paper is a theoretical analysis of the human body phenomenon as a distinctive cultural construction. Particular attention will be payed to forces by which, in a concrete cultural context, the body is transformed into symbolic and semiotic category, shared by members of a given culture. The paper aims to utilize the scientific potential of anthropology, which studies the human being as a unique unity of both superorganic and somatic components, verifying the hypothesis that the human body is not only a biological organism, but in the enculturation process becomes a symbolic object- a "somatized culture". Key Words body; symbol; culture; system
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:311295 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Kunstýř, Štěpán |
| Contributors | Soukup, Václav, Soukup, Martin |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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