David Morris 
The Sense of Space 

The Sense of Space brings together space and body to show that space is a plastic environment, charged with meaning, that reflects the distinctive character of human embodiment in the full range of its moving, perceptual, emotional, expressive, developmental, and social capacities. Drawing on the philosophies of Merleau-Ponty and Bergson, as well as contemporary psychology to develop a renewed account of the moving, perceiving body, the book suggests that our sense of space ultimately reflects our ethical relations to other people and to the places we inhabit.

Tabella dei contenuti

Preface

List of Abbreviations

Introduction: The Problem of Depth

Part I: The Moving Sense of the Body

1. The Moving Schema of Perception

2. Developing the Moving Body

3. The Topology of Expression

Part II: The Spatial Sense of the Moving Body

4. Enveloping the Body in Depth

5. Residing Up and Down on Earth

6. Growing Space

Conclusion: Space, Place, and Ethics

Notes

References

Index

Circa l’autore

David Morris is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Trent University.