TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tallis,Raymond
TI  - Michelangelo's finger: an exploration of everyday transcendence 
SN  - 9780300166484 (alk. paper)
AV  - P117.7 .T35 2010
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New Haven [Conn.]
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Pointing (Gesture)
KW  - Nonverbal communication
KW  - Communication and culture
KW  - Human evolution
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Fingers
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 144-158) and index; How to point : a primer for Martians -- What it takes to be a pointer -- Do animals get the point? -- People who don't point -- Pinning language to the world -- Pointing and power -- Assisted pointing and pointing by proxy -- The transcendent animal : pointing and the beyond
N2  - 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
ER  -