The spell of the sensuous

By David Abram

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

Description: [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.