This book argues that changes in sensory relationships, often claimed to be symptoms of 21st-century technology, are not as recent as they may seem. The author analyses how ‘haptic’ sensory interactions (simultaneous manifestations of tactile and visual sensation) are portrayed in the work of Georges Bataille, Maurice Blanchot and Michel Serres.

Crispin T. Lee holds a PhD in French from the University of Kent. His doctoral research, on which this book is based, included eight months at the École normale supérieure in Paris. His doctoral and MA studies were funded by AHRC scholarships.

Contents: Bataille and the Haptic: Fleshy Transcendence – Blanchot, Haptic Sensation and a Visible Absence – Serres: Haptic Perception, Touching Knowledge. Inhaltsverzeichnis