“Es wird Leib, es empfindet”: Auto-Affection, Doubt, and the Philosopher’s Hands

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements 1
4. Sensation & Hesitation: Haptic Scepticism as an Ethics of Touching 3
5. “Es wird Leib, es empfindet”: Auto-Affection, Doubt, and the Philosopher’s Hands 30
6. When to Touch and What to Doubt: Zeroing In on the Tactile Surplus 58
7. The (Un)Touchable Touch of Pyramus and Thisbe: Doubt and Desire 78
8. A Magic Touch: Performative Haptic Acts in Biblical and Medieval Jewish Magic 104
9. Noli me tangere: The Profaning Touch That Challenges Authority 122
10. Touching Doubt: Haptolinguistic Scepticism 138
11. An Atom of Touch: Scepticism from Hegel to Lacan 156
12. The Weak Relations of Touch and Sight through the Passage of Lapsed Time 178
13. List of Contributors 207
14. List of Figures 211
15. Index 213