I am the body, only the body. Exploring corporeality, consciousness and amputees

People have been adorning their bodies with clothes and jewelry, applying makeup and coloring their hair for centuries. But the body is not just a canvas for self-expression. The body is us. Rising star of modern neuroscience, Moheb Kostandi, in his debut book, explores how our physicality and consciousness combine, how the brain delineates boundaries and creates a map of the body, and how we become aware of ourselves through the body. The book also shows what happens when our sense of integrity is disrupted and the mechanisms of self-awareness fail, causing numerous disorders, alien hand syndrome, phantom limbs and other unusual neurological conditions - even those that force a person to get rid of a completely healthy arm or leg. Foreword by the philosopher Anne Winkelmann.