The Language of Touch: Philosophical Examinations in Linguistics and Haptic Studies

This book revitalizes the field of haptic studies, providing new insights into the philosophy of language and ontological nature of touch, by offering an in-depth analysis of the relationship between touch and language through the history of philosophy. The Language of Touch draws together an international team of philosophers, anthropologists, and cultural studies scholars to demonstrate that the experience of touch is inextricable from the structure of language from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Examining the intersections between phenomenology, Marxism, and poststructural linguistics, this work draws upon figures such as Nancy, Derrida, and Lacan to question both how language structures touch and, conversely, how touch structures language.