Downcast eyes: the denigration of vision in twentieth-century french thought
Auteur :
Jay, Martin
Éditeur :
University of California Press
ISBN :
9780520088856
Date de publication :
1 oct. 1993
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 3,6 cm
Poids :
1043 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Long considered 'the noblest of the senses', vision has increasingly come under critical scrutiny by a wide range of thinkers who question its dominance in Western culture. This work discusses the theory of vision from Plato to Descartes, and considers its role in the French Enlightenment before turning to its status in the culture of modernity.