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1. Coming to Our Senses: Tact, Savvy, Flair, Insight, Sound

Richard Kearney

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents v
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
1. Coming to Our Senses: Tact, Savvy, Flair, Insight, Sound 9
2. Philosophies of Touch: From Aristotle to Phenomenology 33
3. Tales of the Wounded Healer 61
4. Healing Touch: Therapies of Trauma and Recovery 85
5. Reclaiming Touch in the Age of Excarnation 113
Coda: Touch and the Coronavirus 133
Notes 141
Index 197

https://doi.org/10.7312/kear19952-003

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents v
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
1. Coming to Our Senses: Tact, Savvy, Flair, Insight, Sound 9
2. Philosophies of Touch: From Aristotle to Phenomenology 33
3. Tales of the Wounded Healer 61
4. Healing Touch: Therapies of Trauma and Recovery 85
5. Reclaiming Touch in the Age of Excarnation 113
Coda: Touch and the Coronavirus 133
Notes 141
Index 197

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