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Xerox University Microfilms 300 North Zeeb Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106 I I 75-3034 CONRY, Barbara Oane, 1944- AN EXISTENTIAL-PHENOMENOLOGICAL VIEW OF THE LIVED BODY. The Ohio State University, Ph.D., 1974 Education, physical Xerox University MicrofilmsAnn , Arbor, Michigan 48106 © 1974 BARBARA JANE CONRY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED THIS DISSERTATION HAS BEEN MICROFILMED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED. AN EXISTENTIAL-PHENOMENOLOGICAL VIEW OF THE LIVED BODY DISSERTATION Presented In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Barbara Jane Conry, B.A., M.S. ***** The Ohio State University 1974 Reading Committee: Approved by Dr. Seymour Klelnman Dr. Margaret Mordy Dr. Barbara Nelson Advise** of Physical Education ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This.acknowledges.my gratitude: To Dr. Seymour Kleinman for his guidance as my major adviser of this dissertation. To Drs. Margaret Mordy and Barbara Nelson for their comments and suggestions. To Peter Koestenbaum the primary source of my philosophical motivation. The excellence he has portrayed as a teacher and scholar has lead me to new horizons. To Patt Dodds who read the dissertation and offered salutary crlcltlsm. To Rosemary Scholl who has given invaluable assistance as a typist. To Jim McNamara for his professional services in xeroxing the dissertation. iii VITA December 22, 1944 . B o m - Beloit, Wisconsin 1968................ B.A., Wisconsin State University, Whitewater, Whitewater, Wisconsin January-March, 1968 . Teacher of Physical Education, Wisconsin School for the Deaf, Delevan, Wisconsin 1968-1969 .......... Research Assistant and Teaching Fellow, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 1969 .............. M.S., University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 1969-1972 .......... Assistant Professor, San Jose State College, San Jose, California FIELDS OF STUDY Major Field: Physical Education Studies in: (a) Theory and Practice of Behavior Modification (b) Behaviorism and Phenomenology Professor Dennis J. Nolan Studies in: (a) Humanistic and Behavlorlal Approaches of Counseling and Therapy (b) Krumboltz Methodology of Systematic Deslnsltlzation Professor David W. Shaw Studies in Psychology of Creativity. Professor Philip M. Clark Philosophy: Studies in Existentialism and Phenomenology. Professor Peter Koestenbaum, San Jose State University, San Jose, California iv Studies in Phenomenology. Professor Herbert Spiegelberg, Washington University, St* Louis, Missouri Studies in Aesthetics. Professor Lee Brown v TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................ ................ VITA ...................................................... Chapter I. INTRODUCTION...................................... Premise Purpose of This Study Basic Assumptions Hypotheses A Dual Focus Because of the "Oneness of Being" Significance of the Study Method of Inquiry Definition of Terms II. A PHENOMENOLOGICAL BASELINE . .................... Introduction Precise Facts and Fringe Facts Intentionality: A Discovery About Consciousness The Phenomenological Epochs The "Horizons" of Intentionality III. THE EMBODIED SOCIAL EXPERIENCER . ............ Introduction RETENTIONS AND PROTENTIONS OF LIVED EXPERIENCE . Introducing the "Temporal Component" of the "Present" The "Lived Body" as Future Directed: A Concept of Protention Intentional Removal of Protentions: An Experience of "Oneness" MOTIVATIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF LIVED EXPERIENCE . The "In-Order-To" Motives and the "Genuine- Because" Motives THOU'S LIVED BODY ............................... Intersubjective Understanding: The "I" and the "Thou" Co-exist Thou's Lived Experience "Refers Back" to my Own Live-World Co-Experience as a Mode of Embodiment CONCEPTS OF LIVED EXPERIENCE AS APPLIED TO THE BODY ........................................... Introduction Retentions and Protentions and the Lived Body in Sport The Fencing Salute: Co-Experience Through the Art of Swordplay The Retentions of a Fencing Encounter The Protentions of Fencing Harmonizing Retentions and Protentions: Replaying and Practicing Movement Skills Secondary Protentions: Rehearsing for a Movement Event Retentional-Protentional Practice: A Brief Pre-performance Analysis of Motor Skills A Theory of Motivation for Self-Disclosure: Introduction A Schema for Employing Schutz's Because- Motives and In-Order-To Motives Man's Freedom to Choose Results of the Applied Self-Disclosure Schema AN EXISTENTIAL VIEW OF THE BODY ................ Introduction The Embodied-ego Chooses "The Glasses of Love" A Priori Love: A Philosophical and Religious View of Embodiment A Priori Love: Concluding Statements THE DISOWNED BODY ............................... Introduction The Body Reflects Man's Being-In-The-World A Therapeutic Encounter With the Body The Process of Disowning the Body The Disowned Body; Concluding Statements Chapter Page AN EXISTENTIAL VIEW OF Y O G A ........................... 142 Introduction The Body’s "Life-Force": A Concept of Yoga Hatha Yoga: A Form of Physical Conditioning Yoga Meditation: A Phenomenological Journey VI. SUMMARY, THEORETICAL STATEMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS . 168 Summary Theoretical Statements About the Body and Lived Experience Recommendations for Further Study APPENDIX ..................................................... 175 Appendix A BIBLIOGRAPHY................................................. 182 vili CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Premise A basic assumption of this study is that man is both mind and body. It is therefore presupposed that man encounters the world as an embodied consciousness. Therefore in order to express his own inward ness , in order to engage in meaningful dialogue with other embodied beings, and in order to gain access to the meanings and richness of his own lived experiences man must live as an integrated being. This means allowing the mind and body to function fully and harmoniously ■■ without any form of denial and/or repression. If man is to relate and interact with the world in an effective and authentic* manner his thoughts, feelings, perceptions, emotions, and kinesthetic awareness must be Integrated and embodied. They must be permitted to blend and flow together naturally; without inhibition or distortion. The com plexity and beauty of this "blending" occurs spontaneously when man exists his being as a "oneness." *For a definition of authenticity, see pp. 11-12. 1 Purpose of This Study The primary purpose of this study is to disclose how the lived 2 body exists as a meaning structure in the everyday-world-of-being. Since the lived body encompasses the totality of manrs being this in cludes the task of revealing the essential structure of consciousness as well as showing how the body, as It is concretely lived and express ed, is an Integral component of this structure. Therefore the purpose of this study will Include the following objectives: 1. To develop a phenomenological baseline In order to disclose: a* the "intentionality" and "horizons" of consciousness. b. how lived experience yields subjective and fringe data; and, how fringe data differ significantly from precise data. c. how man's embodiment is significantly Interwoven in all acts of perception and relationships with the world. d. how one must "bracket" his natural in volvement and attachment with the world in order to reflect upon and describe "lived experience." \__________________ ^The Insertion of hypens between certain words throughout this study is neither arbitrary or accidental. They are grammatical indices to show the "bond" or "connective tissues" within lived experience and man's being-in-the-world.. e. how lived experience

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