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Erotic Morality: The Role of Touch in Moral Agency
Linda Holler
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Description for Erotic Morality: The Role of Touch in Moral Agency
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Erotic Morality examines the role of the senses and the emotions, especially touch, in moral reflection and agency. Moving from organic disorders such as autism to culturally induced feeling disorders found in dualistic philosophy, pornography, and some forms of sadomasochism, Linda Holler argues that reclaiming the sentient awareness necessary to our physical and moral well-being demands healing the places where we have become numb or hypersensitive to touch. By considering ascetic practices designed to produce what Buddhists call mindfulness, Holler presents alternatives to destructive patterns of actions dictated by desensitivity and habitual conditioning.
Erotic Morality examines the role of the senses and the emotions, especially touch, in moral reflection and agency. Moving from organic disorders such as autism to culturally induced feeling disorders found in dualistic philosophy, pornography, and some forms of sadomasochism, Linda Holler argues that reclaiming the sentient awareness necessary to our physical and moral well-being demands healing the places where we have become numb or hypersensitive to touch. By considering ascetic practices designed to produce what Buddhists call mindfulness, Holler presents alternatives to destructive patterns of actions dictated by desensitivity and habitual conditioning.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813530451
SKU
V9780813530451
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About Linda Holler
Linda Holler is associate professor and chair of the department of religious studies at San Diego State University.
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