Spell Of The Sensuous: Perceptions

Perceptions

By: David Abram

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Paperback | 1 March 1997 | Edition Number 1

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Winner of the International Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction

Animal tracks, word magic, the speech of stones, the power of letters, and the taste of the wind all figure prominently in this intellectual tour de force that returns us to our senses and to the sensuous terrain that sustains us. This major work of ecological philosophy startles the senses out of habitual ways of perception.

For a thousand generations, human beings viewed themselves as part of the wider community of nature, and they carried on active relationships not only with other people with other animals, plants, and natural objects (including mountains, rivers, winds, and weather patters) that we have only lately come to think of as "inanimate." How, then, did humans come to sever their ancient reciprocity with the natural world? What will it take for us to recover a sustaining relation with the breathing earth?

In The Spell of the Sensuous David Abram draws on sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Balinese shamanism, Apache storytelling, and his own experience as an accomplished sleight-of-hand of magician to reveal the subtle dependence of human cognition on the natural environment. He explores the character of perception and excavates the sensual foundations of language, which--even at its most abstract--echoes the calls and cries of the earth. On every page of this lyrical work, Abram weaves his arguments with a passion, a precision, and an intellectual daring that recall such writers as Loren Eisleley, Annie Dillard, and Barry Lopez.

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Non-Fiction Philosophy Philosophy of The Mind Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning The Environment Social Impact of Environmental Issues Psychology Cognition & Cognitive Psychology Society & Culture Nature & The Natural World History of Western Philosophy Medieval & Renaissance Philosophy

Language & Linguistics Linguistics Western Philosophy Phenomenology & Existentialism

Preface and Acknowledgments
The Ecology of Magic: A Personal Introduction to the Inquiry	p. 3
Philosophy on the Way to Ecology: A Technical Introduction to the Inquiry	p. 31
The Flesh of Language	p. 73
Animism and the Alphabet	p. 93
In the Landscape of Language	p. 137
Time, Space, and the Eclipse of the Earth	p. 181
The Forgetting and Remembering of the Air	p. 225
Coda: Turning Inside Out	p. 261
Notes	p. 275
Bibliography	p. 305
Index	p. 315
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