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The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World

by David Abram

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ISBN10: 0679776397
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David Abram 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. On every page of this lyrical work, Abram weaves his arguments with passion and intellectual daring.

"Long awaited, revolutionary...This book ponders the violent disconnection of the body from the natural world and what this means about how we live and die in it."--Los Angeles Times

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-312) and index.
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This is a very thorough, well-researched and well-documented book on the connection between the development of language and the demise of man's connection with the natural world. It's the most thought-provoking thing I've read in a long time.
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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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ISBN:
9780679776390
Subtitle:
Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World
Author:
Abram, David
Publisher:
Vintage Books USA
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Essays
Subject:
Linguistics
Subject:
Humanism
Subject:
Human ecology
Subject:
Body, human
Subject:
Philosophy of nature
Subject:
Perception
Subject:
Sense
Subject:
Movements - Humanism
Copyright:
1997
Edition Description:
1st Vintage books ed.
Series Volume:
bd. 136, nr. 2
Publication Date:
February 1997
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
352
Dimensions:
8.01x5.24x.84 in. .66 lbs.
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