Michelangelo's finger : an exploration of everyday transcendence /

Michelangelo's finger : an exploration of everyday transcendence /

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Author / Creator:	Tallis, Raymond.
Imprint:	New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2010.
Description:	xxii, 166 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Pointing (Gesture) Nonverbal communication. Communication and culture. Human evolution. Human evolution -- Philosophy. Fingers. Communication and culture. Fingers. Human evolution. Human evolution -- Philosophy. Nonverbal communication. Pointing (Gesture)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8123003

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ISBN:	9780300166484 (alk. paper) 0300166486 (alk. paper) 9780300177732 (pbk.) 0300177739 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 144-158) and index.
Summary:	Proposes that the index finger and the gesture of pointing distinguishes humans from other species, and that the symbolism behind different types of pointing may have played an important part in human evolution and development.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
1. How to Point: A Primer for Martians
2. What it Takes to be a Pointer
3. Do Animals Get the Point?
4. People Who Don't Point
5. Pinning Language to the World
6. Pointing and Power
7. Assisted Pointing and Pointing by Proxy
8. The Transcendent Animal: Pointing and the Beyond
Notes
Index