An Anthropological Guide to the Art and Philosophy of Mirror Gazing Paperback / softback
by Maria Danae (Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford, UK) Koukouti, Lambros (Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford, UK) Malafouris
Part of the Thinking in the World series
Paperback / softback
Description
Looking at one's face in the mirror and finding one's self in the mirror are not the same.
The former capacity is something we share with other animals; the latter is a skill: something we have to learn.
What does it mean and what does it take to find oneself the mirror?
This book provides a comparative anthropological enquiry into the unity and diversity of mirror gazing.
The reader is encouraged to reflect upon and experiment with different mirror gazes through a range of case studies.
Koukouti and Malafouris weave together anthropology with philosophy and draw on examples from literature and experiments from psychopathology in a way that has never been attempted before. The master metaphor is that of the mirror as trap.
Mirror gazing is viewed on a par with hunting. Mirroring signifies the hunt for self-knowledge. In a time obsessed with the digital self-image, Koukouti and Malafouris reflect on the structures of consciousness that underpin the different ways of looking at and through the mirror.
Combining metaphor, comparison and estrangement, they gesture towards a therapeutic alliance between body and mirroring.
This allows us to look in the mirror, and think of our shared humanity differently.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:200 pages, 33 bw illus
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:24/03/2022
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- ISBN:9781350202634
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:200 pages, 33 bw illus
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:24/03/2022
- Category:
- ISBN:9781350202634