Yochai Ataria's "Not in Our Brain" challenges the traditional Western philosophical view of consciousness as separate from the body. The book argues that our embodied experience is fundamental to our understanding of the world and ourselves. Ataria uses diverse case studies, including prisoners of war and meditation practitioners, to illustrate how our bodies shape our consciousness. He explores the implications of this perspective for understanding trauma and conflict, particularly in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The book offers a revolutionary perspective on the relationship between consciousness, embodied experience, and our understanding of reality.
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Yochai Ataria's "Not in Our Brain" challenges the traditional Western philosophical view of consciousness as separate from the body. The book argues that our embodied experience is fundamental to our understanding of the world and ourselves. Ataria uses diverse case studies, including prisoners of war and meditation practitioners, to illustrate how our bodies shape our consciousness. He explores the implications of this perspective for understanding trauma and conflict, particularly in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The book offers a revolutionary perspective on the relationship between consciousness, embodied experience, and our understanding of reality.
Yochai's book, Not in Our Brain: Consciousness, Body, World (Magnes Press, 2019), examines the meaning of psychology and life based on the premise (following Merleau-Ponty's theory) that we are present in the world through our bodies. We are not merely rational beings or machines, but our existence in the world is through the body. While the book examines Merleau-Ponty's theory through stories of prisoners and people dedicated to meditation, our conversation took a different and fascinating direction. We examined the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza through the lens of Merleau-Ponty and the question of trauma.
Yochai Ataria is a professor at Tel-Hai College, Israel. He completed his PhD at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and conducted post-doctoral research in the Neurobiology Department at the Weizmann Institute of Science. His notable works include The Structural Trauma of Western Culture (2017), Body Disownership in Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (2018), The Mathematics of Trauma [in Hebrew] (2014), Not in Our Brain [in Hebrew] (2019), Levi versus Ka-Tsetnik (2022), Consciousness in Flesh (2022), and Genes, Technology, and Apocalypse (2024).
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