The five senses
Book • 2009
Michel Serres's 'The Five Senses: A Philosophy of Mingling and Mutation' explores how our senses shape our understanding of the world and our interactions with it.
Serres delves into the philosophical and cultural significance of sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell, challenging traditional hierarchies that privilege vision.
The book emphasizes the interconnectedness of the senses and how they contribute to our embodied experience and knowledge.
Through poetic language and interdisciplinary insights, Serres invites readers to reconsider their relationship with the world and to embrace a more holistic and sensual way of knowing.
Serres delves into the philosophical and cultural significance of sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell, challenging traditional hierarchies that privilege vision.
The book emphasizes the interconnectedness of the senses and how they contribute to our embodied experience and knowledge.
Through poetic language and interdisciplinary insights, Serres invites readers to reconsider their relationship with the world and to embrace a more holistic and sensual way of knowing.
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Mentioned by Killian Yorg as a book that inspired thinking with all five senses in an egalitarian sense.
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