A History of the Senses: From Antiquity to Cyberspace - Brossura

Jutte, Robert

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ISBN 10: 074562958X ISBN 13: 9780745629582

Casa editrice: Polity Pr, 2004

Riassunto

Robert Juette's introduction explores the recent revival in the popularity of the senses, rather unsurprisingly featuring prominently in marketing campaigns, on TV and the Internet, but also in museum exhibitions. This history of ideas, attitudes, traditions and metaphors of the senses begins in ancient Indian and Chinese medicine and natural philosophy, before exploring Greek and Roman concepts of the senses and the influence this had on medieval natural philosopohy. In one hundred pages we arrive at the 18th century and the rest of the book focuses on the early modern and modern eras, assessing the sensual and virtual world in which we live in today,

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Recensione:

′Jutte s ambitious yet accessible book offers a lucid and judicious summary of research in this new and expanding field, as well as making a contribution of its own, distinguishing three periods in the history of the senses and offering intelligent speculations about future developments.′ Peter Burke, Professor of Cultural History, University of Cambridge

′Stimulating and impressive... In this pioneering study Jutte unfolds a panorama of how societies have been fascinated or unsettled by any of the five senses, and invites the reader to respond with curiosity, humour and profound interest to follow through his discussion from antiquity to visions of the future.′ Dr Ulinka Rublack, University of Cambridge

L'autore:

Robert Jutte is Head of the Robert Bosch Foundation Institute of Medicine and Professor of Modern History at Stuttgart University

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• Editore: Polity Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 074562958X
• ISBN 13: 9780745629582
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 395