The Sensational Past: How the Enlightenment Changed the Way We Use Our Senses
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (555 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B073V6Q7NS |
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| Number of Pages | : | 338 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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EOD said Why Can't We Lick Museum Exhibits Anymore?. As a former student of history I was so SO pleased with this book - my concentrations were never in French history or the Enlightenment but now, how I wish they were! Exploring the history and popular thinking on every one of the senses, reading about how. I’m learning all sorts of funky tidbits about 18th century history – the parts that bring history to life (and make you look sma I’ve just started the book and I’m already engrossed. I’m learning all sorts of funky tidbits about 18th century history – the parts that bring history to life (and make you look smart and interesting when you mention it at a dinne. Informative and entertaining! What a fun, informative read! Ms. Purnell takes us on an entertaining and educational journey into examining our senses. I loved the short vignettes describing parts of history, trends in senses, especially tastes and smell! It really made me think about
Sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch - as they were celebrated during the Enlightenment and as they are perceived today. Blindfolding children from birth? Playing a piano made of live cats? Using tobacco to cure drowning? Wearing "flea"-colored clothes? These actions may seem odd to us, but in the 18th century, they made perfect sense. Carolyn Purnell persuasively shows that, while our bodies may not change dramatically, the way we think about the senses and put them to use has been rather different over the ages. And perhaps more surprisingly, she shows how many of our own ways of life are a legacy of this earlier time.. Journeying through the past 300 years, Purnell explores how people used their senses in ways that might shock us now. As often as we use our senses, we rarely stop to think about their place in history. But perception is not dependent on the body alone