{"product_id":"the-haptic-arts-ronald-schleifer-9781350589483","title":"The Haptic Arts: How Touch Shapes Our Place in the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book examines how the sense of touch complements the senses of sight and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehearing, expanding notions of \"art\" and \"aesthetics\" to include worldly arts such as \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003emedicine, nation building, and translation while re-thinking more traditional arts of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eliterature, music, and painting.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTouch is a form of reciprocal interchange - touching always involves being touched in return. It creates a sense of embeddedness in a world that promotes a willingness to take social action, and it heightens concern with spatial perception and metamorphosis with an eye towards transforming experience itself. Focusing on subjects as diverse as Helen Keller, the evolutionary history of the human hand, and practical \"haptic\" endeavors such as tool-making, \u003ci\u003eThe Haptic Arts \u003c\/i\u003esituates the arts and value within everyday cares and pursuits as tools that extend and strengthen our reach into the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ronald Schleifer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350589489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350589483\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d","brand":"Ronald Schleifer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48623522939135,"sku":"9781350589483","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-haptic-arts-ronald-schleifer-9781350589483","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}