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From Goethe's Faust to hand play - The hand plays a central role not only as a sensory organ and tool, but also in history and literature.
It grasps and feels, caresses and strikes, greets and concludes contracts: No part of the body is as versatile as the hand. In language, we find countless examples of its prominent role: we take a thing in our hands, something cannot be dismissed out of hand, and a goal would be within reach if only we didn't have two left hands. Every era associates its own ideas with the hand - and if we are increasingly controlling machines with speech, that says a lot about the change we are undergoing. Jochen Hörisch introduces us to the whole variety of hands that we encounter in literature and in the history of ideas.
Language | German |
topic | History & Archaeology |
Subtopic | Historical topics and events |
Author | Jochen Hörisch |
Number of pages | 304 |
Book cover | Hard cover |
Year | 2021 |
Item number | 16418347 |
Publisher | Hanser |
Category | Non-fiction |
Release date | 25.1.2021 |
topic | History & Archaeology |
Subtopic | Historical topics and events |
Language | German |
Author | Jochen Hörisch |
Year | 2021 |
Number of pages | 304 |
Edition | 2 |
Book cover | Hard cover |
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Height | 210 mm |
Width | 150 mm |
Weight | 455 g |
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