Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 158 pages)
Series Statement:
Sensory studies series
Uniform Title:
Social et le sensible
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Laplantine, François, 1943- Life of the senses
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Ethnology Philosophy
;
Culture Philosophy
;
Culture Semiotic models
;
Anthropology
;
Philosophy
;
Sociology & anthropology
;
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; General
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Regional Studies
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology ; General
;
Anthropology
;
Culture ; Philosophy
;
Culture ; Semiotic models
;
Ethnology ; Philosophy
;
Sinne
;
Gesellschaft
;
Ethnologie ; Philosophie
;
Philosophie de la culture
;
Sémiotique et culture
Abstract:
"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"--
Abstract:
The Brazilian art of the Ginga: walking, dancing, singing -- The choreographic model -- Pains and pleasures of the binary: the dichotomy of meaning and the sensible -- The semantic obsession -- The sensible, the social, category and energy -- Two precursors to an anthropology of the sensible: Roger Bastide and Georges Bataille -- Living together, feeling together: toward a politics of the sensible -- Sensible thought: thinking through the body-subject in movement -- Epilogue in the form of seven propositions: toward a modal anthropology -- Supplement: sensing Tokyo.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Translated from the French
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