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Book Title
Touch : Recovering Our Most Vital Sense
ISBN
9780231199537

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Columbia University Press
ISBN-10
0231199538
ISBN-13
9780231199537
eBay Product ID (ePID)
25050050778

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
216 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Touch : Recovering Our Most Vital Sense
Publication Year
2021
Subject
Mind & Body, General, Movements / Phenomenology, History
Type
Textbook
Author
Richard Kearney
Subject Area
Religion, Philosophy, Psychology
Series
No Limits Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
6.8 Oz
Item Length
1 in
Item Width
0.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2020-025084
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Touch is a sophisticated book that comes at a time when, as a result of a biological catastrophe that has spread across the globe, we share our sense of isolation with other humans in the global sense. So this might be the right moment to relearn how intertwined touch is with every aspect of our life, both as individuals and as one species among many., Kearney is acutely aware of how our digital technologies exacerbate the drift to excarnation in modern culture. This book casts much light on how we lost sight of touch--and might regain it., Kearney's powerful meditation aims at initiating a new vital wisdom of sensorial groundedness based on tact and savvy, flair and insight., Kearney presents compelling evidence for the therapeutic power of touch, from the treatment of torture victims to the physiology of childhood trauma and more quotidian effects on stress, immunity, and sleep., Which came first? The spirit seeking a touch? Or the touch seeking a further touch? A confirmation of life out of touch, a phone that a hand cannot reach or touch? Sometimes it seems that the senses were created out of a lonely and desiring spirit. Especially touch. In this openhearted study of that sense, Richard Kearney leads the reader masterfully through thinkers of the past and the present who have wondered deeply, had ideas, and made gestures in response to the mystery of 'feeling things.', Richard Kearney writes with urgency, fluency and commitment. He connects serious and complex thought to ideas on how we might live better in the world. His work arises not only from deep reading but also from a belief that just as philosophy comes from the world it has a duty to touch and transform its own source.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
152.182
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction: Are We Losing Our Senses? 1. Coming to Our Senses: Tact, Savvy, Flair, Insight, Sound 2. Philosophies of Touch: From Aristotle to Phenomenology 3. Tales of the Wounded Healer 4. Healing Touch: Therapies of Trauma and Recovery 5. Reclaiming Touch in the Age of Excarnation Coda: Touch and the Coronavirus Notes Index
Synopsis
Our existence is increasingly lived at a distance. As we move from flesh to image, we are in danger of losing touch with each other and ourselves. How can we combine the physical with the virtual, our embodied experience with our global connectivity? How can we come back to our senses? Richard Kearney offers a timely call for the cultivation of the basic human need to touch and be touched. He argues that touch is our most primordial sense, foundational to our individual and common selves. Kearney explores the role of touch, from ancient wisdom traditions to modern therapies. He demonstrates that a fundamental aspect of touch is interdependence, its inherently reciprocal nature, which offers a crucial corrective to our fixation with control. Making the case for the complementarity of touch and technology, this book is a passionate plea to recover a tangible sense of community and the joys of life with others., Richard Kearney offers a timely call for the cultivation of the basic human need to touch and be touched. Making the case for the complementarity of touch and technology, this book is a passionate plea to recover a tangible sense of community and the joys of life with others.
LC Classification Number
BF275.K43 2021

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