A History of the Senses ? From Antiquity to Cyberspace By R Jutte

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A History of the Senses ? From Antiquity to Cyberspace : Polity Press : 9780745629582 : 074562958X : 15 Oct 2004 : Robert Juette's introduction explores the recent revival in the popularity of the senses, rather unsurprisingly featuring prominently in marketing campaigns, on TV and the Internet, but also in museum exhibitions. This history of ideas, attitudes, traditions and metaphors of the senses begins in ancient Indian and Chinese medicine and natural philosophy, before exploring Greek and Roman concepts of the senses and the influence this had on medieval natural philosopohy. In one hundred pages we arrive at the 18th century and the rest of the book focuses on the early modern and modern eras, assessing the sensual and virtual world in which we live in today,

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