ocularcentrism

Noun

ocularcentrism (uncountable)

1. The privileging of vision over the other senses.
   • 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.1988, Martin Jay, “The Rise of Hermeneutics and the Crisis of Ocularcentrism”, in Poetics Today, volume 9, number 2, →ISSN Invalid ISSN, page 308
   • 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.1995, Suren Lalvani, Photography, Vision, and the Production of Modern Bodies, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 20

   Synonyms:

   visuocentrism