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Foundations for an Anthropology of the Senses

Author(s): Constance Classen
Contributor(s): Kasper Pfeifer (Translator), Maciej Topolski (Translator)
Subject(s): Philosophy, Social Sciences
Published by: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Anthropology of the Senses

Summary/Abstract: The author describes the founders of the anthropology of the senses, which, according to her interpretation, constitutes a research basis enabling to comprehend assorted ways of creating and transmitting cultural values (in diverse societies and historical epochs). The text describes consecutively the premises of research into the senses, conceptual obstacles, and precursory studies and the directions of their development.

  • Issue Year: 335/2021
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 67-74
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish