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| Other authors / contributors: | Furniss, Philip Jamie, 1983- translator.
Howes, David, 1957- writer of introduction.
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| ISBN: | 9781472534804
1472534808
9781472522382
1472522389
9781472524843
1472524845
9781472531964
1472531965
9781474219204
1474219209
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Translated from the French.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | "Both a vital theoretical work and a fine illustration of the principles and practice of sensory ethnography, this much anticipated translation is destined to figure as a major catalyst in the expanding field of sensory studies. Drawing on his own fieldwork in Brazil and Japan and a wide range of philosophical, literary and cinematic sources, the author outlines his vision for a 'modal anthropology'. François Laplantine challenges the primacy accorded to 'sign' and 'structure' in conventional social science research, and redirects attention to the tonalities and rhythmic intensities of different ways of living. Arguing that meaning, sensation and sociality cannot be considered separately, he calls for a 'politics of the sensible' and a complete reorientation of our habitual ways of understanding reality. The book also features an introduction to the sensory and social thought of François Laplantine and the Sensory Studies series by series editor David Howes"--
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| Other form: | Print version: Laplantine, François, 1943- Social et le sensible. English. Life of the senses. London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015 9781472524843
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