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Sensible life : a micro-ontology of the image / Emanuele Coccia ; translated by Scott Alan Stuart.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: Italian Series: CommonalitiesPublisher: New York : Fordham University Press, 2016Description: xv, 105 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780823267415
  • 9780823267422
Uniform titles:
  • Vita sensibile. English.
Subject(s):
Contents:
1. Sensible Life -- 2. Man and Animal -- 3. Intentional Species -- Physics of the Sensible. 4. The World of the Sensible -- 5. Intermediaries -- 6. Mirrors -- 7. The Place of the Images -- 8. The Image in the Mirror -- 9. Micro-ontology -- 10. Transparency -- 11. The Multiplication of the Real -- 12. The Primacy of the Sensible -- 13. Natural Theater -- 14. The Unity of the World -- Anthropology of the Sensible. 15. Vita Activa -- 16. The Sensification of the Spirit -- 17. Medial Existence -- 18. Intentional Projections -- 19. Becoming What One Sees -- 20. Losing Oneself in Images -- 21. Dream -- 22. The Intrabody -- 23. Being Constantly Elsewhere -- 24. Seeds -- 25. Influences -- 26. On the Surface of the Skin -- 27. Metaphysics of Clothing -- 28. Fashion -- 29. Making the World Our Skin -- 30. The Body of Clothing -- 31. Ethos -- 32. Living in Images.
Summary: This book is a rehabilitation sensibility. It defines what we call sensibility or sensible life by defining the ontological status of images. It shows that images have an intermediate ontological status and exist in an autonomous sphere. It also explores our interactions with images in dream, fashion and language.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Barcode
Book Book CGLAS Library Red 152.1 COC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 10386

Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-105).

1. Sensible Life -- 2. Man and Animal -- 3. Intentional Species -- Physics of the Sensible. 4. The World of the Sensible -- 5. Intermediaries -- 6. Mirrors -- 7. The Place of the Images -- 8. The Image in the Mirror -- 9. Micro-ontology -- 10. Transparency -- 11. The Multiplication of the Real -- 12. The Primacy of the Sensible -- 13. Natural Theater -- 14. The Unity of the World -- Anthropology of the Sensible. 15. Vita Activa -- 16. The Sensification of the Spirit -- 17. Medial Existence -- 18. Intentional Projections -- 19. Becoming What One Sees -- 20. Losing Oneself in Images -- 21. Dream -- 22. The Intrabody -- 23. Being Constantly Elsewhere -- 24. Seeds -- 25. Influences -- 26. On the Surface of the Skin -- 27. Metaphysics of Clothing -- 28. Fashion -- 29. Making the World Our Skin -- 30. The Body of Clothing -- 31. Ethos -- 32. Living in Images.

This book is a rehabilitation sensibility. It defines what we call sensibility or sensible life by defining the ontological status of images. It shows that images have an intermediate ontological status and exist in an autonomous sphere. It also explores our interactions with images in dream, fashion and language.

Translated from the Italian.