ocularcentrism

English

Etymology

From ocular +‎ -centrism.

Noun

ocularcentrism (uncountable)

1. The privileging of vision over the other senses.

   Synonym: visuocentrism

   • 1988, Martin Jay, “The Rise of Hermeneutics and the Crisis of Ocularcentrism”, in Poetics Today‎^[1], volume 9, number 2, →ISSN , page 308:

     For despite Ellul's apparent isolation, his diatribe against vision is itself merely an instance, perhaps more blatant and apocalyptic than some others, of a now widespread excoriation of what can be called the sins of ocularcentrism.

   • 1995, Suren Lalvani, Photography, Vision, and the Production of Modern Bodies‎^[2], SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 20:

     In phenomenology, for instance, the rejection of Cartesian ocularcentrism and the centrality of the body, are in themselves critical components for understanding the nature of social existence.

   • 2010, Keya Ganguly, Cinema, Emergence, and the Films of Satyajit Ray‎^[3], University of California Press, →ISBN, page 226:

     Within a discursive frame that everywhere betokens the dominance of visuality, cinema is a special case wherein this ocularcentrism can be expressed, as well as negated.

Related terms

• ocularcentric

 

See also

• audiocentrism