David Howes’s sweeping history of the senses in the disciplines
of anthropology and psychology and in the field of law lays the
foundations for a sensational jurisprudence, or a way to do justice
to and by the senses of other people. In part 1, Howes demonstrates
how sensory ethnography has yielded alternative insights into how
the senses function and argues convincingly that each culture
should be approached on its own sensory terms. Part 2 documents how
the senses have been disciplined psychologically within the Western
tradition, starting with Aristotle and moving through the rise of
Lockean empiricism and cognitive neuroscience. Here, Howes presents
an anthropologically informed critique of experimental and
cognitive psychology, sensory science, and phenomenology. In part
3, he introduces the paradigm of the “historical anthropology of
the senses and sensation” and applies it to the analysis of trade
relations between Europe and China in the early modern period, to
the treaty-making process in North America during the colonial
period, and to all the unresolved disputes over land rights and
Indigenous sovereignty that continue to this day, arguing that
these differences are rooted in a cultural clash of sensoria.
Designed for the classroom, Sensorial Investigations displays an
expansive critical engagement with generations of scholarship. It
is essential reading for students and scholars of the history and
anthropology of the senses, the psychology of sensation, and
socio-legal studies.
General
| Imprint: |
Pennsylvania State University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Perspectives on Sensory History |
| Release date: |
April 2023 |
| Firstpublished: |
2023 |
| Authors: |
David Howes
|
| Dimensions: |
203 x 127 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
304 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-271-09501-1 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-271-09501-6 |
| Barcode: |
9780271095011 |
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