The Mediation of Touch
The first communication between human beings, the one between the newborn and the mother, happens through touch. Strangely this first way of relating to each other has barely been considered by our education and our culture, which have favoured sight to the detriment of touch. And yet touching and b...
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Palgrave Macmillan
2024, 2024
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2024 |
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Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1: Introduction: Expelled From The Nest
- Part I: Merged With The World
- Chapter 2: Born Of Soma And Germ Cells
- Chapter 3: Space-Time Of The Living
- Chapter 4: The World Of Human Beings
- Part II: Domination Of Spirit Over Soul
- Chapter 5: The Burial Of Touch
- Chapter 6: Anesthesia Of Soul By Spirit
- Chapter 7: A History Cut Off From Germ Cells
- Part III: The Question Of Being
- Chapter 8: Confusion Of The Living With The Made
- Chapter 9: To Be As A Conjunctive Verb
- Chapter 10: An Ontology Of The Living
- Part IV: Feeling Nostalgic For The Dynamism Of Germ Cells
- Chapter 11: What Desire Grants Us Life?
- Chapter 12: ‘My Dear Little Soul'
- Chapter 13: Dynamism Necessary For Our Becoming
- Part V: Emergence Of Germ Cells At Individual And Collective Levels
- Chapter 14: The Touch Of Grace
- Chapter 15: From Individual To Couple And To Community
- Chapter 16: Importance Of Touch For Democracy
- Part VI : Approach To Touch As Such
- Chapter 17: An Immediate Access To Transcendental
- Chapter 18: The Communion Between Beings
- Chapter 19: Elements Of A Culture Of Touch
- Chapter 20: By Way Of Epilogue: The World Born Of Our Embraces