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Pages: 166
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-02-28 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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First published in 1993, Worlds of Sense is an exploration of the historical and cultural formation of the senses. As the author demonstrates, different culture
The Deepest Sense
Language: en
Pages: 258
Authors: Constance Classen
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-05-15 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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From the softest caress to the harshest blow, touch lies at the heart of our experience of the world. Now, for the first time, this deepest of senses is the sub
A Natural History of the Senses
Language: en
Pages: 354
Authors: Diane Ackerman
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-12-07 - Publisher: Vintage

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Diane Ackerman's lusciously written grand tour of the realm of the senses includes conversations with an iceberg in Antarctica and a professional nose in New Yo
Making Sense of World History
Language: en
Pages: 1672
Authors: Rick Szostak
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-10-22 - Publisher: Routledge

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Making Sense of World History is a comprehensive and accessible textbook that helps students understand the key themes of world history within a chronological f
The Sense of the World
Language: en
Pages: 206
Authors: Jean-Luc Nancy
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher:

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Is there a "world" anymore, let alone any "sense" to it? Acknowledging the lack of meaning in our time, and the lack of a world at the center of meanings we try