Body Transformations
Evolutions and Atavisms in Culture
1st Edition
Published on 12. August 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
162 pages
978-0-415-97367-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents some eruptions of archaic compulsions and behaviors and the forms that they acquire in contemporary societies. It explores how we see and feel our bodies and some of the ways evolution and culture are transforming them.
Reviews / Votes
"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 TaussigMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
12 s/w Abbildungen
12 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-97367-0 (9780415973670)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
11/2020
1st Edition
Routledge
€52.49
Available for download
E-Book
11/2020
1st Edition
Routledge
€52.49
Available for download
Book
08/2005
1st Edition
Routledge
€205.80
Shipment within 15-20 days
Person
Alphonso Lingis is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Pennsylvania State University. He has published several books and contributed essays to numerous volumes and journals.
Content
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.