ADHD, expression, and the incorporeal materialism of movement

Kasper Levin

doi:10.1177/0959354317735600

ADHD, expression, and the incorporeal materialism of movement

Kasper Levin

Center for Phenomenological Psychology and Aesthetics

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Abstract

With point of departure in a phenomenological analysis of the body as it is described and conceptualized in the diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, this paper argues that the diagnosed behavior associated with bodily movement exposes an often-neglected expressive aspect of the body. Beyond the pre-reflective dimension of the experiential body, it is argued that the expressive dimension of the body is associated with movement as a utopian or an incorporeal aspect immanent to the body. In this perspective, the phenomenological notion of the body is critically connected to a fundamental question of the materiality of sensation, which calls for a rethinking of the Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder-diagnosed body that gives privilege to the aesthetic and expressive aspects of sensation.

Original language	English
Journal	Theory & Psychology
Volume	27
Issue number	6
Pages (from-to)	774–792
ISSN	0959-3543
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0959354317735600
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2017

Keywords

Faculty of Social Sciences
Aesthetics
ADHD
Deleuze
Merleau-Ponty
phenomenology

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ADHD, expression, and the incorporeal materialism of movement

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