Valyensa A. Concept of corporality in the social-philosophical discourse.

Thesis is dedicated to research of corporality in the social-philosophical context. Against a background of pluralist social-philosophical discourse corporality stands out as a topological construct which has its own structure and special sense as characteristic determinative for the 'nature of human being'.By making research of topology of corporality in the field of social, fundamental role of the concept of corporality is shown in the social-philosophical discourse. Structure of corporality is revealed as one of the basic concepts of social philosophy which combines four aspects: 1) sphere of corporality belonging to the human kind, 2) sphere of self-attribution and authentication of subjectivity (I) with own body, 3) sphere of realization of possible nonidentity of I and body which serves as a source of unique cognitive experience for a person, 4) sphere of social construction of corporality. Topological structure of corporality obtained as the result of research represents a field at the intersection of two key polarities of social discourse - 'Own'