The Sixth Sense Reader Paperback / softback
Edited by David Howes
Part of the Sensory Formations series
Paperback / softback
Description
What is the sixth sense? Is it physical, mental or spiritual? Do we all possess it or is it unique to exceptional individuals?
Might there be a seventh sense and an eighth sense as well?
What role does culture play in determining the range of our perceptual abilities?
The search for a supplementary sense has taken many directions and yielded numerous possibilities for an "additional faculty" of perception - from magnetism and movement to dreaming and clairvoyance.
Stimulating reflection and debate, The Sixth Sense Reader explores the cultural contexts which give rise to such reports of "psychic" and other powers that exceed the ordinary bounds of sense.
In this groundbreaking volume, leading scholars in history, anthropology and biology take the reader on a tour of the far borderlands of consciousness.
From the world beneath to the world beyond the five senses, every potential avenue of sensation is opened up for investigation.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:384 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:01/10/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9781847882615
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:384 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:01/10/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9781847882615
