Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. Prologue 1
5. Part I. Consciousness
6. Fundamental and inherently interrelated aspects of animation 29
7. Could moving ourselves be the link between emotion and consciousness? 57
8. Visual perception and self-movement 81
9. Emotion regulation through the ages 105
10. Moving others matters 139
11. Part II. Intersubjectivity
12. Neurons, neonates and narrative 167
13. Intersubjectivity in the lifeworld 197
14. Primates, motion and emotion 221
15. Reaching, requesting and reflecting 243
16. Intuitive meaning 261
17. Relational emotions in semiotic and linguistic development 305
18. Part III. Language
19. The relevance of emotion for language and linguistics 349
20. From pre-symbolic gestures to language 369
21. The challenge of complexity 383
22. (E)motion in the XVIIth century 407
23. Metaphor and subjective experience 423
24. Epilogue 451
25. Index 485