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The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World
The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World
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by David Abram
Winner of the International Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction
Rediscover the living, breathing earth through this groundbreaking work of ecological philosophy.
In The Spell of the Sensuous, cultural ecologist and philosopher David Abram invites us to awaken our senses and reclaim our intimate reciprocity with the more-than-human world. Drawing from phenomenology (Merleau-Ponty), indigenous shamanism, Apache storytelling, and his own experiences as a sleight-of-hand magician, Abram reveals how alphabetic literacy has gradually distanced us from the sensuous landscape—turning rivers, winds, animals, and stones from expressive participants into silent objects.
This lyrical masterpiece explores how we once lived in direct, sensory communion with the earth, and asks: What would it take to restore that sustaining relationship? How can we relearn to listen to the speech of stones, taste the wind, and feel the magic woven into the natural world?
Winner of the prestigious International Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction, this twentieth-anniversary edition remains a revolutionary call to ecological awareness and embodied presence—a vital read for anyone seeking deeper connection in an increasingly abstracted age.
- Paperback | 368 pages
- Publisher: Vintage Books
- Perfect for: Nature lovers, philosophers, environmentalists, and those on a path of mindful re-enchantment with the world.
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