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Body Transformations

Evolutions and Atavisms in Culture

Alphonso Lingis author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:12th Aug '05

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This book presents some eruptions of archaic compulsions and behaviors and the forms that they acquire in contemporary societies. It explores how we see and feel our bodies and some of the ways evolution and culture are transforming them.

"Lingis has an uncanny ability to make you sit up and take notice at the oddity of the world, how the experience of human nature and nature by far exceeds our theories. His writing is in synchrony with this excess; he interpolates personal anecdotes in ways I find utterly convincing and helpful, like jewels in a fishnet. Lingis is a unique voice in English language commentary." -- Michael Taussig

ISBN: 9780415973670

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 300g

162 pages