L6 Physical Self

• PHYSICAL SELF

  ·       The body. Refers to the body which we interface with our environment & fellow being. A tangible of a person, can be directly observed/examined.
• ARTHUR MARWICK (1988)

  ·       Physical beauty is no more than what it is: only skin-deep. Defined as a feature of a person’s body
• BEAUTY IS CULTURE BOUND

  Different cultures have different ideas of what is beautiful.
• Country of Mauritania (in Africa)

  ·       Celebrates overweight women

  ·       Overweight=wealth & fertility
• BRAZIL

  ·       Tones & fit women

  ·       Waxing sculpting massages, manicures
• ASIA & AFRICA

  ·       Skin lightening
• IMMANUEL KANT

  ·       Beauty can be attached to living things (organisms) & artificial things (artworks)

  ·       Says beauty judgments aren’t objective, but are nevertheless universal

  ·       The character of the judgment of beauty is the same in both cases
• Kant’s Idea of Beauty·      

  Says beauty gives the observer a feeling of disinterested pleasure/liking·      

  Disinterested, meaning the object doesn’t fulfill an aim/need·      

  No urge to possess it
• SELF-ESTEEM

  ·       Used to describe a person’s overall sense of self-worth/personal value
• Self-esteem

  • Inflated self-esteem
  • High self-esteem
  • Low self-esteem
• SELF-ESTEEM: Inflated Self-Esteem

  ·       Holds high regards of themselves

  ·       Underestimates others
• SELF-ESTEEM: High Self-Esteem

  ·       Positive esteem

  ·       Makes one satisfied with themselves
• SELF-ESTEEM: Low Self-Esteem

  ·       Doesn’t value themselves

  ·       Doesn’t trust their possibilities
• Self-esteem plays a role in MOTIVATION & SUCCESS
• PHYSICAL BEAUTY & PERSONAL IDENTITY

  ·       By assuming an attitude towards our bodily looks, we integrate our appearance-related XPs in our lives, making these experiences part of our personal “IDENTITY”

  ·       Physical beauty is understood as experienced beauty in primarily a relational perspective

  ·       Changing looks through surgery doesn’t make someone a different person because it doesn’t imply a denial/loss of identity