Sensing the World - An Anthropology of the Senses

Informationen zum Autor David Le Breton is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Strasbourg, France. Klappentext Sensing the World: An Anthropology of the Senses is a highly original and comprehensive overview of the anthropology and sociology of the body and the senses. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface: David Le Breton and the Sociality of SensationDavid HowesIntroduction1. Sensing the World: An Anthropology of the Senses2. From Seeing to Knowing: Sight, the Reflective Sense3. Listening to the World: Hearing, the Sense of Understanding4. Skin Deep: Touch, the Sense of Contact5. Smelling and Feeling, the Self and the Other6. Savouring the World: From Taste in Food to the Taste for Life7. The Cuisine of DisgustOvertureReferencesIndex

Product details

• Authors: David Le Breton, David Le Breton, David (University of Strasbourg Le Breton
• Assisted by: David Howes (Editor), Carmen Ruschiensky (Translation)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9781474246026
• ISBN: 978-1-4742-4602-6
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Sensory Studies Series; Sensory Studies; Criminal Practice Series; Sensory Studies; Sensory Studies Series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Soziologie, Kognitive Psychologie