On Blindness: Letters Between Bryan Magee and Martin Milligan - Hardcover

Magee, Bryan; Milligan, Martin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198235437 ISBN 13: 9780198235439

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 1996

Inhaltsangabe

On Blindness opens the eyes of the sighted to the world as experienced by the blind, offering a unique opportunity to explore the challenges, frustrations, joys - and extraordinary insights - experienced in the everyday business of discovering the world without sight. What difference does sight or its absence make to our ideas about the world?
What begins as a philosophical exchange between the noted philosopher and broadcaster Bryan Magee and the late Martin Milligan, activist and philosopher blind almost from birth, develops into a personal and intense discussion of the implications of blindness. The debate is vigorous and often heated; sometimes contentious, it is always stimulating. In discussing the range of blind experience, from those born blind to those who become blind - including those who have to cope with the shock of gaining sight they had never before possessed - On Blindness argues strongly against the notion that blindness is a simple experience. In doing so, this extraordinary book casts new light on one of the most fundamental aspects of human experience.

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About the Authors:
Bryan Magee is a noted writer and broadcaster, Honorary Fellow of Keble College, Oxford, and Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the History of Ideas, King's College, London. His books include Men of Ideas and The Great Philosophers. The late Martin Milligan was Professor of Philosophy, University of Leeds.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0198235437
• ISBN 13: 9780198235439
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 188
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Ufficio Anagrafiche Messaggerie; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8; Assago Milano; 20090; Italien