The Spell of the Sensuous

Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World

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Paperback, 352 pages

English language

Published Feb. 25, 1997 by Vintage.

ISBN:
978-0-679-77639-0
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OCLC Number:
38268656

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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.

2 editions

Subjects

  • Phenomenology & Existentialism
  • Philosophy of mind
  • Philosophy of nature
  • Movements - Humanism
  • Nature
  • Nature/Ecology
  • Sense (Philosophy)
  • Essays
  • Linguistics
  • Nature / Ecology
  • Body, Human (Philosophy)