The language of touch : philosophical examinations in linguistics and haptic studies / edited by Mirt Komel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Komel, Mirt, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages.

Touch.

Physical Description:

198 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London, UK : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.

Summary:

"Offering an in-depth analysis of the relationship between touch and language through the history of philosophy, this book revitalizes the field of haptic studies, which often fails to address the ontological nature of touch, providing new insights in the philosophy of language. This book draws together an international team of linguists, anthropologists and philosophers, many of whom are members of the 'second generation' of Ljubljana's School of Theoretical Psychoanalysis, to demonstrate from a variety of disciplinary perspectives that the experience of touch is inextricable from the structure of language. Examining the intersections between phenomenology, Marxism and poststructural linguistics, this work draws upon figures such as Nancy, Derrida and Lacan to question both how language structures touch and how touch structures language"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The wave of the sign: pyramidal sign, haptic hieroglyphs, and the touch of language / Mirt Komel

The structure of the phonetical touch: unsettling the mastery of phonology over phonetics / Tomi Bartole

Surplus of touch: from the forest of symbols to the jungle of touch / Karmen Šterk

Ontology of touch: from Aristotle to Brentano / Gregor Moder

Anatomical aporia: speculative unity of touch and language / Goran Vraneševic

The category of the (un)touchable in haptic materialism: touch, repetition, and language / Bara Kolenc

The lick of the mother tongue: Derrida's fantasies of "the touch of language" with Augustine and Marx / Rachel Aumiller

On the touch of swear words: swearing and the Lacanian real / Peter Klepec

Proper names: being in touch with the real / Jela Krecic-Žižek

Ethics of touch: Doctor Who's untouchable touch / Eva Vrtacic

Screaming contagions: the scream as haptic contagion / Zack Sievers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Language of touch

ISBN:

9781350059269

1350059269

OCLC:

1031154295