Invisible
The Dangerous Allure of the Unseen
If you could be invisible, what would you do? The chances are that it would have something to do with power, wealth or sex. Perhaps all three. But there's no need to feel guilty. Impulses like these have always been at the heart of our fascination with invisibility: it points to realms beyond our senses, serves as a receptacle for fears and dreams, and hints at worlds where other rules apply. Invisibility is a mighty power and a terrible curse, a sexual promise, a spiritual condition.This is a history of humanity's turbulent relationship with the invisible. It takes on the myths and morals of Plato, the occult obsessions of the Middle Ages, t…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4481-9099-7
- EAN: 9781448190997
- Produktnummer: 16571217
- Verlag: Vintage Digital
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 336 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 7'569 KB
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Philip Ball
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