The forgotten sense : meditations on touch / Pablo Maurette.
Material type: TextPublisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: xiii, 173 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 022656133X
- 9780226561332
- 022656147X
- 9780226561479
- Meditations on touch
- 152.182 23
- BF275 .M397 2018
Contents:
Summary: "The Forgotten Sense gives touch its due, addressing it in multifarious ways through a series of six essays...these meditations address questions fundamental to the understanding of touch: What do we mean when we say that an artwork touches us? How does language affect our understanding of touch? Is the skin the deepest part of the human body? Can we philosophize about a kiss?"--Publisher's website.
Preface -- A squeeze of the hand -- Six fingers -- Torn to pieces -- Elements of philematology -- The French connection -- Skin deep.
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 152.182 MAU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A527599B |
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152.14508999442 COL On the colour-sense of the Maoris / | 152.148 MAG Magic eye : a new way of looking at the world : 3D illusions / | 152.167 STE The psychology of flavour / | 152.182 MAU The forgotten sense : meditations on touch / | 152.182 PAT The senses of touch : haptics, affects, and technologies / | 152.1824 WHE When pain strikes / | 152.1882 BAK Human navigation : and the sixth sense / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- A squeeze of the hand -- Six fingers -- Torn to pieces -- Elements of philematology -- The French connection -- Skin deep.
"The Forgotten Sense gives touch its due, addressing it in multifarious ways through a series of six essays...these meditations address questions fundamental to the understanding of touch: What do we mean when we say that an artwork touches us? How does language affect our understanding of touch? Is the skin the deepest part of the human body? Can we philosophize about a kiss?"--Publisher's website.
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