Sensorium : contextualizing the senses and cognition in history and across cultures / David Howes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howes, David, 1957- author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in histories of emotions and the senses 2632-1068.

Cambridge elements. Elements in histories of emotions and the senses, 2632-1068

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Senses and sensation--History.

Senses and sensation.

Senses and sensation--Social aspects.

Anthropology--History.

Anthropology.

Psychology--History.

Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (77 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

Do the senses have a history? How many might there be? Are the senses so many independent channels, or do they interact with and modulate each other? If so, how might we cultivate the capacity to see feelingly or hear colours? What makes smell 'the affective sense'? These are among the questions to be addressed in this Element. It pries the senses and perception loose from the psychology laboratory to focus on how they have been constructed and lived differently in different historical periods and across cultures. Many of its findings are surprising because they run counter to our common-sense assumptions about the sensorium. They make uncommon sense. Plus the reader will meet some fascinating historical characters like the prolific 17th century natural philosopher Margaret Cavendish (also author of the play The Convent of Pleasure) and the late 19th century artist James McNeill Whistler, who infused his paintings with music.-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Prologue: Sensory openings

Making senses: on how the Sensorium gets divided

Acoustemology: techniques of hearing

Osmology: ways of smelling

Sensology: how to see feelingly

Doing science with Margaret Lucas Cavendish: for a sensuous epistemology

Painting with James McNeill Whistler: a sensory biography of the artist's works and life

Epilogue: Ways of sensing

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Apr 2024).

ISBN:

9781009329675

1009329677

9781009329668

1009329669