Examines modern Western cultural and social explorations of other forms or aspects of life that are devalued or coded as unacceptable in the modern ethos. The a... » 

Examines modern Western cultural and social explorations of other forms or aspects of life that are devalued or coded as unacceptable in the modern ethos. The author describes how the body seeks to go beyond the conventional pieties of modern rationality to uncover these other dimensions. «