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In The Realm of the Senses: A Materialist Theory of Seeing and Feeling
Stuart Walton
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Description for In The Realm of the Senses: A Materialist Theory of Seeing and Feeling
Paperback. A thorough-going re-elaboration of modern experience via the senses. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
The five physical senses of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and touching have been held to underpin the complexity of human experience ever since Aristotle first theorised about how they worked. Classical and scholastic philosophy up to the time of the European Enlightenment relegated their operations to its margins, viewing them as at best a distraction from higher thinking, and at worst a positive deception. Paradoxically, what one could not objectively know, the products of the mind, were accorded precedence over the concrete. From the Romantic era onwards, the senses moved to the centre of speculative thought, and the various dialectical ... Read more
The five physical senses of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and touching have been held to underpin the complexity of human experience ever since Aristotle first theorised about how they worked. Classical and scholastic philosophy up to the time of the European Enlightenment relegated their operations to its margins, viewing them as at best a distraction from higher thinking, and at worst a positive deception. Paradoxically, what one could not objectively know, the products of the mind, were accorded precedence over the concrete. From the Romantic era onwards, the senses moved to the centre of speculative thought, and the various dialectical ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782790518
SKU
V9781782790518
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About Stuart Walton
Stuart Walton has been a journalist and author since 1991, when he began writing about wine and reviewing restaurants. Since then, his work has broadened to encompass philosophical and cultural-historical themes. He lives in Torquay.
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