The world at a glance
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The world at a glance
（Studies in Continental thought）
Indiana University Press, c2007
- : cloth
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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What happens when we glance around a room? How do we trust what we see in fleeting moments? In "The World at a Glance", Edward S. Casey describes how glancing counts for more of human perception than previously imagined. An entire universe is perceived in a glance, but our quick and uncommitted attention prevents examination of these rapid acts and processes. While breaking down this paradox, Casey surveys the glance as an essential way by which we acquaint ourselves with the world. This experiential tour-de-force reveals what happens in a blink of an eye. It will become a landmark study in phenomenology, philosophy, environmental philosophy, and the philosophy of mind.
Table of Contents
- Prologue: Regaining the Glance
- Introduction: Taking in the World at a Glance Part One: Approximating to the Glance 1. Getting into the Glance
- 2. Gazing and Glancing
- 3. Coming Closer to the Glance
- 4. Being and Becoming Oriented by the Glance Part Two: Getting Intimate in the Glance 5. The Time of the Glance
- 6. The Singularity of the Glance
- 7. Attending and Glancing Part Three: Glancing Farther Afield 8. The Glance in Ancient Athens
- 9. The Sudden, The Surprising, and the Wondrous: With Walter Benjamin on the Streets of Paris Part Four: Praxis of the Glance 10. The Ethics of the Glance
- 11. Glancing at the Natural Environment
- 12. Glancing at the Image in Photography and Painting Epilogue: Limits and Powers of the Glance
- Afterword: Families of the Glance and the Gaze
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