Sensorium : Contextualizing the Senses and Cognition in History and Across Cultures - David  Howes

Sensorium

Contextualizing the Senses and Cognition in History and Across Cultures

By: David Howes

Hardcover | 23 May 2024

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How many senses are there, really? Do the senses have a history? What makes smell 'the affective sense' par excellence? Are the senses so many independent channels, or do they interact and modulate each other? And, if so, how might we cultivate the capacity to see feelingly or smell colours? These are among the questions to be addressed in this Element. It pries the examination of 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 will likely surprise you, because they run counter to our common-sense assumptions about the sensorium. They make uncommon sense. Plus you will meet some fascinating historical characters like the sensational natural philosopher Margaret Cavendish (author of The Convent of Pleasure), and the artist James McNeill Whistler, who infused his paintings with music.

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