Touch
by
Nirta, Caterina
Title
:
Touch
Author
:
Nirta, Caterina
ISBN
:
book37
9781912656349
Personal Author
:
Nirta, Caterina
Publication Information
:
London University of Westminster Press 2020
Physical Description
:
1 electronic resource (296 p.)
Abstract
:
Described by Aristotle as the most vital of senses, touch contains both the physical and the metaphysical in its ability to express the determination of being. To manifest itself, touch makes a movement outwards, beyond the body, and relies on a specific physical involvement other senses do not require: to touch is already to be active and to activate. This fundamental ontology makes touch the most essential of all senses. This volume in the Law and the Senses series attempts to illuminate and reconsider the complex and interflowing relations and contradictions between the tactful intrusion of the law and the untactful movement of touch. Compelling contributors from arts, literature and social science disciplines alongside artist presentations explore touch's boundaries and formal and informal 'laws' of the senses. Each contribution unveils a multi-faceted new dimension to the force of touch, its ability to form, deform and reform what it touches. In unique ways, each of the several contributions to this volume recognises the trans-corporeality of touch to traverse the boundaries on the body and entangle other bodies and spaces, thus challenging the very notion of corporeal integrity and human being.
Subject Term
:
The arts
Art forms
Humanities
Society & social sciences
Law
Jurisprudence & general issues
Added Author
:
Mandic, Danilo
Pavoni, Andrea
Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, Andreas
Nirta, Caterina
Electronic Access
:
Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Status |
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IYTE Library | E-Book | 2185033-1001 | XX(2185033.1) | DOAB E-Books |