The Ceiling Outside - The Science and Experience of the Disrupted Mind

As her mother slips into the fog of dementia, a philosopher grapples with the unbreakable links between our bodies and our sense of self.

About the author

Noga Arikha is a philosopher and historian of ideas. The author of Passions and Tempers: A History of the Humours, she is associate fellow of the Warburg Institute and honorary fellow of the Centre for the Politics of Feelings, London, and research associate at the Institut Jean Nicod, Paris. She is based in Florence, Italy.

Summary

As her mother slips into the fog of dementia, a philosopher grapples with the unbreakable links between our bodies and our sense of self.

Foreword

As her mother slips into the fog of dementia, a philosopher grapples with the unbreakable links between our bodies and our sense of self.

Product details

• Authors: Noga Arikha, Arikha Noga, NOGA ARIKHA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.04.2023
• EAN: 9781529385489
• ISBN: 978-1-5293-8548-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 220 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Philosophy, Psychology, Memoirs, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology, The self, ego, identity, personality, Neurosciences, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Cognitive Science, Phenomenology and Existentialism