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agency
ascetic practices
Author_Linda Holler
autism
bodily awareness
bodily ethics
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desensitivity
destructive patterns
dualistic philosophy
emotional intelligence
emotional regulation
emotions
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Erotic Morality
ethical behavior
ethical philosophy
feeling disorders
habitual conditioning
healing
hypersensitivity
Linda Holler
mindfulness
mindfulness practices
moral development
moral psychology
moral reflection
moral well-being
numbness
organic disorders
physical well-being
pornography
sadomasochism
self-awareness
self-reflection
self-transformation
senses
sensory deprivation
sensory experience
sensory exploration.
sensory integration
sensory overload
sensory perception
sensory sensitivity
sentient awareness
somatic healing
touch
Product details
- ISBN 9780813530451
- Weight: 426g
- Dimensions: 156 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jan 2002
- Publisher: Rutgers University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Erotic Morality examines the role of the senses and the emotions, especially touch, in moral reflection and agency. Moving from organic disorders such as autism to culturally induced feeling disorders found in dualistic philosophy, pornography, and some forms of sadomasochism, Linda Holler argues that reclaiming the sentient awareness necessary to our physical and moral well-being demands healing the places where we have become numb or hypersensitive to touch. By considering ascetic practices designed to produce what Buddhists call mindfulness, Holler presents alternatives to destructive patterns of actions dictated by desensitivity and habitual conditioning.
Linda Holler is associate professor and chair of the department of religious studies at San Diego State University.
