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Il linguaggio della pelle. E-book. Formato PDF Montagu Ashley - Verdechiaro, 2012 -
La pelle è un organo dei più sottovalutati eppure dei più fondamentali: "Un essere umano può trascorrere la vita cieco e sordo o completamente privo dei sensi dell'olfatto e del gusto, ma non può sopravvivere senza le funzioni proprie della pelle" scrive Ashley Montagu, antropologo inglese dei più insigni e rivoluzionari del Novecento. Egli mette al centro del suo interesse la pelle in quanto organo complesso e affascinante, e approfondisce le straordinarie conseguenze che toccarla presenta sullo sviluppo dell'uomo: "Sono la manipolazione, il sollevamento, l'accarezzamento, il vezzeggiamento le cose che vorremmo sottolineare, perché a quanto pare, anche se mancano tante altre cose, queste sono le rassicuranti esperienze fondamentali che il bambino deve provare per sopravvivere abbastanza in salute". Innumerevoli evidenze scientifiche sostengono la tesi che la sensazione del tatto come stimolo è assolutamente necessaria per la sopravvivenza dell'organismo, e che un'adeguata stimolazione tattile è di importanza fondamentale per il sano sviluppo comportamentale dell'individuo, a partire dal momento della sua nascita. "Attraverso il contatto corporeo con la madre, il bambino stabilisce i primi contatti col mondo, e questi lo coinvolgono in una dimensione nuova di esperienza, l'esperienza del mondo degli altri. Questo contatto corporeo con gli altri è fonte prima di benessere, sicurezza, calore e predispone sempre più a esperienze nuove".
Biosocial Nature of Man. E-book. Formato PDF Ashley Montagu - Forgotten Books, 2017 -
In this little book I have attempted to deal with some of the questions which must be asked if one is to gain some understanding of the nature of human nature. The two most important of these questions are: (1) How much of the biological enters into the making of human nature? and (2) How much of the social experience of the individual enters into the making of that nature? Hence, the title of this book. No one is, of course, in a position to answer these questions completely. What I have tried to do in the present volume is to clarify the issues, to set down the relevant facts as scientists have come to know them, and to examine some of the representative theories concerning the bio-social nature of man.Goethe once remarked that where an idea is wanting a word can always be found to take its place. In the area of discussion with which this book is concerned - human nature - words, alas, have too often passed for ideas.
The Dolphin in History: (Illustrated Edition0. E-book. Formato PDF Ashley Montagu - Ionlineshopping.Com, 2019 -
The history of the dolphin is one of the most fascinating and instructive in the historiography and the history of ideas in the western world. Indeed, it provides one of the most illuminating examples of what has probably occurred many times in human culture—a virtually complete loss of knowledge, at least in most segments of the culture, of what was formerly well understood by generations of men. “Not in entire forgetfulness” in some regions of the world, but certainly in “a sleep and a forgetting” in the most sophisticated centers of the western world. Recently the dolphin has become the focus of much scientific interest and investigation which have led to flattering pronouncements about its remarkable intelligence, amiability, and astonishing friendliness towards man. It was in consequence of such activities that a symposium was held at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library to consider the background to contemporary studies of the dolphin. The presentations of Dr. Ashley Montagu and Dr. John C. Lilly were received so favorably that it was decided to make them more widely available in the present form. As will be readily apparent to any reader, Dr. Montagu has demonstrated conclusively that had the writings of the ancients been heeded we should long since have paid proper respect to this intelligent mammal, and Dr. Lilly has reinforced such classical appreciation by an account of his own astonishing observations of dolphin behavior. It is to be hoped that these two accounts will contribute to a lasting appreciation of our remarkable aquatic friend.