Alphonso Lingis

Body Transformations

Evolutions and Atavisms in Culture

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Covering a wide range of subjects, from ethics and fetishism, to the function of genitals an the distinctiveness of good actions Lingis weaves together philosophy, psycholanalysis and anthropology and presents a unique and thought-provoking book that explores how the body can be better understood in terms of its parts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: RT366X
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 356g
• ISBN-13: 9780415973663
• ISBN-10: 041597366X
• Artikelnr.: 20775258

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction -- Discontinuities -- Our Species: Premature, Symbiotic, Atavistic -- The Evolution of Splendor -- Quadrille -- How One Feels, How One Looks -- Dismemberments -- The Social Body -- The Physiology of Art -- Transparency -- Attachments -- Appetite -- Fetishism -- Potlatch -- Flesh Trade -- Good Deeds.

Rezensionen

"Lingis has an uncanny ability to make you sit up and take notice at the oddity of the world, how the experience of human nature and nature by far exceeds our theories. His writing is in synchrony with this excess; he interpolates personal anecdotes in ways I find utterly convincing and helpful, like jewels in a fishnet. Lingis is a unique voice in English language commentary." -- Michael Taussig