Prof Manos Tsakiris - INTEROCEPTION Visceral Influence & The Affective Turn

What do bodily sensations and your feelings have to do with politics? Manos Tsakiris is Professor of Psychology at the Royal Holloway, University of London as well as Director at the Centre for the Politics of Feelings. In this interview Manos shares his extensive academic knowledge of how a person's bodily state, experienced in part through #interoception, relates to decision-making. His publications on 'Visceral Politics' cover the philisophical history behind this perspective as well and cultural trends. 5:28 Emotion and Rationality in decision making 6:55 We are relational beings 9:55 Homeostasis and Interoception 18:15 The Queen and emotional regulation of the state 20:55 Social Communication for regulation 23:50 Merleau-Ponty on how embodiment gives us the world 27:25 The role of the insula in interoception 30:10 How sensing bodily signals relates to Body Image, self esteem and identity 33:20 Is there a cultural shift towards appreciating the affect and embodiment? 36:50 Embodiment and technology/AI 38:14 Is consciousness affect-based? 43:35 The Body Politic and the idea of the state and as a social contract 46:40 The body as a political object that the state should keep safe 52:00 GDP vs democratic governance as a measures success for a country or nation state Find out more about our Inner Sense project https://restoringbalance.life/inner-s... Manos' book, The Interoceptive Mind is available here : https://global.oup.com/academic/produ... Find out more about his work and follow Manos: www.manostsakiris.com https://www.politics-of-feelings.com/ Twitter : @manos_tsakiris