The Object Stares Back: On The Nature Of Seeing
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- Synopsis
- At first it appears that nothing could be easier than seeing. We just focus our eyes and take in whatever is before us. This ability seems detached, efficient and rational - as if the eyes were competent machines telling us everything about the world without distorting it in any way. But those ideas are just illusions, James Elkins argues, and he suggests that seeing is undependable, inconsistent and cauthg up in the threads of the unconscious. Blindness is not the opposite of vision, but its constant companion, and even the foundation of seeing itself. Using drawings, paintings, diagrams and photographs to illustrate his points, Elkins raises intriguing questions and offers astonishing perceptions about the nature of vision.
- Copyright:
- 1997
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 271 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780156004978
- Publisher:
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers
- Date of Addition:
- 11/14/19
- Copyrighted By:
- James Elkins
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Psychology, Medicine
- Submitted By:
- Daproim Africa
- Proofread By:
- Daproim Africa
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.