LEADER 03412nam 2200565Ia 450 001 9910965304103321 005 20241107094037.0 010 $a1-282-43738-0 010 $a9786612437380 010 $a0-300-15182-9 035 $a(CKB)2520000000006639 035 $a(OCoLC)586098236 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10351578 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420617 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420617 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10351578 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL243738 035 $a(OCoLC)923595113 035 $a(ODN)ODN0000300571 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000006639 100 $a20080320d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe kingdom of infinite space $ea portrait of your head /$fRaymond Tallis 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Haven, CT $cYale University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (344 p.) 311 08$a0-300-14222-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFacing up to the head -- The secreting head -- Being my head -- The head comes to -- Airhead : breathing and its variations -- Communicating with air -- Enjoying and suffering my head -- Communicating without air -- Notes on the red-cheeked animal : the geology of a blush -- The watchtower -- The sensory room -- Having and using my head -- Head traffic : eating, vomiting and smoking -- Head on head : notes on kissing -- Headgear -- Caretaking my head -- In the wars -- The dwindles -- Knowing (and not knowing) my head -- Head and world -- The thinking head -- Epilogue: Heading off. 330 $aIn this pathbreaking book, one of Britain's most eloquent and original thinkers writes about the head, what happens in it, and how it is and is not connected to our sense of identity and consciousness. Blending science, philosophy, and humor, Raymond Tallis examines the extraordinarily complex relationship we have with our heads. His aim, as he says, "is to turn readers into astonished tourists of the piece of the world that is closest to them, so they never again take for granted the head that looks at them from the mirror." Readers will delight that this is precisely what he accomplishes. The voyage begins with a meditation on the self-portrait of a mirror image, followed by a consideration of the head's various secretions. Tallis contemplates the air we exhale; the subtle meanings of nods, winks, and smiles; the mysteries of hearing, taste, and smell. He discusses the metaphysics of the gaze, the meaning of kissing, and the processes by which the head comes to understand the world. Along the way he offers intriguing digressions on such notions as "having" and "using" one's head, and enjoying and suffering it. Tallis concludes with his thoughts on the very thing the reader's head has been doing throughout the book: thinking. 606 $aHead$xAnatomy 606 $aHead$xPhilosophy 606 $aHuman body (Philosophy) 615 0$aHead$xAnatomy. 615 0$aHead$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aHuman body (Philosophy) 676 $a128.2 686 $aSCI000000$2bisacsh 700 $aTallis$b Raymond$0514405 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910965304103321 996 $aThe kingdom of infinite space$94380107 997 $aUNINA