Knowing Bodies, Passionate Souls: Sense Perceptions in Byzantium Contributor(s): Harvey, Susan Ashbrook (Editor), Mullett, Margaret (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0884024210 ISBN-13: 9780884024217 Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection OUR PRICE: $69.30 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Byzantine Empire |
Series: Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Symposia and Colloquia |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 8.6" W x 11.2" (2.91 lbs) 342 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: How does sense perception contribute to human cognition? How did the Byzantines understand that contribution? Byzantine culture in all its domains showed deep appreciation for sensory awareness and sensory experience. The senses were reckoned as modes of knowledge--intersecting realms both human and divine, bodily and spiritual, physical and intellectual. Scholars have attended to aspects of sight and sound in Byzantine culture, but have generally left smell, taste, and touch undervalued and understudied. Through collected essays that redress the imbalance, the contributors explore how the Byzantines viewed the senses; how they envisaged sensory interactions within their world; and how they described, narrated, and represented the senses at work. The result is a fresh charting of the Byzantine sensorium as a whole. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mullett, Margaret: - Margaret Mullett is Professor of Byzantine Studies, Emerita, at Queen's University Belfast and Director of Byzantine Studies, Emerita, at Dumbarton Oaks, Harvard University.Harvey, Susan Ashbrook: - Susan Ashbrook Harvey is Willard Prescott and Annie McClelland Smith Professor of Religion and History at Brown University. |