O corpo na Educação: a unidade corpo-mente nos processos educativos

Abstract

This work aims to debate and analyze the theme of the body in educational processes. In this work, based on Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology and Foucaultian analyses, among others, we seek to understand the body that goes beyond a simple accessory of the mind, or as the vehicle that takes the “self” from one place to another, reinforcing a dualist perspective of the subject and dichotomous between body and mind. It is a theoretical research from the analysis and crossing of different philosophical and educational perspectives. The choice of methodology for this work is due to the relevance of the theme and the scarce material found that specifically addresses this issue. The defense of the body-mind unity appears in the history of philosophy, however, when we analyze this theme in education, there is little theoretical research to support it. Finally, data analysis leads us to think that educational processes involve much more than the construction of a thinking subject in terms of the intellect, and that the relationship between thinking and acting points to the body-mind unit. In addition, we can also see that the dichotomous philosophical perspective between body and mind in educational processes brings with it consequences that involve relevant interests and results in the political-social field as they directly interfere in the construction of the subjectivity of the subjects as well as in the construction of their identity, which reflects on the perspectives of the world and of action in the world.