Michelangelo's finger
Subtitle: an exploration of everyday transcendence
By: Raymond Tallis
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Haven [Conn.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9780300166484
Subjects: Evolution; Communication and culture; Philosophy; Fingers; Nonverbal communication; Pointing (Gesture); Human evolution; Finger
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 144-158) and index.
Table of contents: title: How to point : a primer for Martians; title: What it takes to be a pointer; title: Do animals get the point?; title: People who don't point; title: Pinning language to the world; title: Pointing and power; title: Assisted pointing and pointing by proxy; title: The transcendent animal : pointing and the beyond.