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Touch: Recovering Our Most Vital Sense

By Richard Kearney

Book information

Publisher
Columbia University Press
Year
2021
ISBN
0231199538, 9780231199537
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7424299 bytes)
Series
No Limits
Pages
216\212
Time added
2021-04-14 02:01:45

Description

Our existence is increasingly lived at a distance. As we move from flesh to image, we are in danger of losing touch with each other and ourselves. How can we combine the physical with the virtual, our embodied experience with our global connectivity? How can we come back to our senses? Richard Kearney offers a timely call for the cultivation of the basic human need to touch and be touched. He argues that touch is our most primordial sense, foundational to our individual and common selves. Kearney explores the role of touch, from ancient wisdom traditions to modern therapies. He demonstrates that a fundamental aspect of touch is interdependence, its inherently reciprocal nature, which offers a crucial corrective to our fixation with control. Making the case for the complementarity of touch and technology, this book is a passionate plea to recover a tangible sense of community and the joys of life with others.

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