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Abram's knowledge is both expansive and deep. His ability to connect facts from diverse cultures is masterful. This is intersectional thinking at its best. A hard book to classify because it crosses so many boundaries with its subject matter. But, in the end, Abram has created a work that is worth reading more than once because it was impossible to retain the impact of all of it in one read.
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The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World by David Abram
chas martin, February 23, 2009
Abram's knowledge is both expansive and deep. His ability to connect facts from diverse cultures is masterful. This is intersectional thinking at its best. A hard book to classify because it crosses so many boundaries with its subject matter. But, in the end, Abram has created a work that is worth reading more than once because it was impossible to retain the impact of all of it in one read.(4 of 6 readers found this comment helpful)