The Senses of Touch - Haptics, Affects and Technologies (Paperback)

Touch is the first sense to develop in the womb. Yet often it is overlooked. The Senses of Touch examines the role of touching and feeling as part of the fabric of everyday, embodied experience. How can we think about touch? Problems of touch and tactility run as a continuous thread in philosophy, psychology, medical writing and representations in art, from Ancient Greece to the present day. Not merely immediate skin sensation, touching and feeling are inextricably woven into embodied experiences that are emotional and expressive, personal and interpersonal, and mediated through technologies. Picking through some of these threads, the book 'feels' its way towards writing and thinking about touch as both sensory and affective experience. Examining the role of touch in art, memory, digital design, developmental psychology, experiences of visual impairment, and tactile therapies, The Senses of Touch demonstrates the varieties of sensory experience, and explores the diverse range of our 'senses' of touch.

General

Imprint:	Berg Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2007
First published:	2007
Authors:	Mark Paterson
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	203
ISBN-13:	978-1-84520-479-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Physiological & neuro-psychology Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	1-84520-479-4
Barcode:	9781845204792

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