The spell of the sensuous
(1997)
Author: David Abram
Publisher: Vintage Books
Pages: 326
ISBN: 9780679776390
Genre: Phenomenology
[In this book, the author] 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 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.