A phenomenological account of spatial perception in relation to the lived body.
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.
Table of Content
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
About the author
David Morris is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Trent University.
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