An edition of The spell of the sensuous (1996)

The spell of the sensuous

perception and language in a more-than-human world

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An edition of The spell of the sensuous (1996)

The spell of the sensuous

perception and language in a more-than-human world

1st Vintage Books ed.

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[In this book, the author] draws on sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Balinese shamanism, Apache storytelling, and his own experience as an accomplished sleight-of-hand magician to reveal the subtle dependence of human cognition on the natural environment. He explores the character of perception and excavates the sensual foundations of language, which - even at its most abstract - echoes the calls and cries of the earth.

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Language
English
Pages
326

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Subjects
Human ecology, Wahrnehmung, Sense (Philosophy), Philosophy of nature, Perception (Philosophy), Human body (Philosophy), Humanökologie, Körper, Naturphilosophie, Natuurfilosofie, Philosophie, Body, Human (Philosophy), Human body (philosophy), Perception, Philosophie de la nature, Corps humain (Philosophie), Sensibilité (Philosophie), Perception (Philosophie), Écologie humaine, PHILOSOPHY, Movements, Humanism, Kognition, Natur, Sprache

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The spell of the sensuous: perception and language in a more-than-human world
1997, Vintage Books
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Cover of: The Spell of the Sensuous
The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World
February 25, 1997, Vintage
Paperback in English - 1st Vintage Books Ed edition
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The spell of the sensuous: perception and language in a more-than-human world
1996, Pantheon Books
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Table of Contents

The ecology of magic, a personal introduction to the inquiry
Philosophy on the way to ecology, a technical introduction to the inquiry
The flesh of language
Animism and the alphabet
In the landscape of language
Time, space, and the eclipse of the earth
The forgetting and remembering of the air
Coda, turning inside out.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-312) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
128
Library of Congress
BD581 .A25 1997, BD581

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 326 p. ;
Number of pages
326

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24754592M
ISBN 10
0679776397
ISBN 13
9780679776390
OCLC/WorldCat
38268656, 989690425

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LATE ONE EVENING I STEPPED OUT OF MY LITTLE HUT IN THE rice paddies of eastern Bali and found myself falling through space.
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