Embodiment, emotion and empathy: A phenomenological approach to apprenticeship learning

Anthropological Theory

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 299-318

  Gieser, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apprenticeship; Embodiment; Emotion; Empathy; Knowledge; Perception; Phenomenology; Senses; Skill

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949545589     PISSN: 14634996     EISSN: 17412641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1463499608093816     Document Type: Review

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