The Spell of the Sensuous, 9780679776390
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Reconnect with the earth: senses awakened, ancient wisdom rediscovered.
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The Spell of the Sensuous

perception and language in a more-than-human world

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  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    14 March 1997

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Summary

Reawakening to the Earth: The Spell of the Sensuous

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…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780679776390
ISBN-10:0679776397
Series:Vintage
Author:David Abram
Publisher:Random House USA Inc
Imprint:Vintage Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:14 March 1997
Weight:266g
Dimensions:203mm x 132mm x 20mm
About The Author

David Abram

David Abram, Ph.D., is an ecologist and philosopher whose writings have had a deepening influence upon the environmental movement in North America and abroad. A summa cum laude graduate of Wesleyan University, he holds a doctorate in philosophy from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and has been the recipient of fellowships from the Watson and Rockefeller Foundations and a Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction. He is an accomplished sleight-of-hand magician and has lived and traded magic with indigenous magicians in Indonesia, Nepal, and the Americas.

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