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

Name: Spell of the Sensuous Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World
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ISBN: 9780679776390

ISBN-10: 0679776397

ISBN-13: 9780679776390

Edition: 1997

Authors: David Abram

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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…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/25/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.11" wide x 7.98" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Preface and Acknowledgments



The Ecology of Magic: A Personal Introduction to the Inquiry



Philosophy on the Way to Ecology: A Technical Introduction to the Inquiry



The Flesh of Language



Animism and the Alphabet



In the Landscape of Language



Time, Space, and the Eclipse of the Earth



The Forgetting and Remembering of the Air


Coda: Turning Inside Out


Notes


Bibliography


Index