Bodywork in the Clinical Humanities

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This paper begins with a discussion of the importance of the clinical humanities, the study of the interface between medicine and the humanities and the application of the results to clinical practice. The clinical humanities applies the insights of both the humanities and social sciences―including such seemingly unrelated fields as the fine arts, philosophy, literature, history, anthropology, psychology, and religion―to the understanding and alleviation of suffering.
In recognition of the healing power of the humanities, it is hoped that this paper will encourage scholars working in the humanities and social sciences to give more attention to how their respective disciplines might contribute to the alleviation of suffering. Each discipline has the potential to contribute to this endeavor in a unique way, thereby forging a synergistic field of knowledge characterized by interdisciplinary communication and collaboration. An embodied space for the humanities is not only an attitude towards life, but also a type of bodywork, a lifestyle, and a way of thinking. Beginning with a discussion of the theories on body feeling, this paper adopts the perspective of the phenomenology of the body to investigate various types of bodywork steeped in the humanities and develop a “hands on” approach to the clinical humanities.
We use the term “body feeling” with reference to a subtle impression or sensation, what Laozi referred to as xiwei希微, the infinitesimal. This refers to highly subtle emotive transformations, and is quite distinct from what we normally refer to as “emotions.” Body feeling can be seen as a manifestation of the human spirit, and is an important factor which organizes and influences human thought and behavior. Due to this emphasis on body feeling, the clinical humanities is closely related to humanistic healing, thereby revealing the contours of a lived world thoroughly imbued with the spirit and sensitivity of the humanities.

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