Overview

Building on a hermeneutic tradition in which accounts of carnal embodiment are overlooked, misunderstood, or underdeveloped, this work initiates a new field of study and concern.

Carnal Hermeneutics provides a philosophical approach to the body as interpretation. Transcending the traditional dualism of rational understanding and embodied sensibility, the volume argues that our most carnal sensations are already interpretations. Because interpretation truly goes "all the way down," carnal hermeneutics rejects the opposition of language to sensibility, word to flesh, text to body.

In this volume, an impressive array of today's preeminent philosophers seek to interpret the surplus of meaning that arises from our carnal embodiment, its role in our experience and understanding, and its engagement with the wider world.

ISBN-13

9780823265886

ISBN-10

0823265889

Weight

1.46 Pounds

Dimensions

9.10 x 0.90 x 6.10 In

List Price

$125.00

Edition

1st Edition

Format

Hardcover

Language

English

Pages

408 pages

Publisher

Fordham University Press

Published On

2015-09-01



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