The scenic imagination : originary thinking from Hobbes to the present day /

Gans argues that the uniquely human phenomenon of representation, as manifested in language, art, and ritual, is a scenic event focused on a central object designated by a sign. The originary hypothesis posits the necessity of conceiving the origin of the human as such an event. The book follows the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gans, Eric Lawrence, 1941-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2008.
Temas:
Anthropology > Philosophy.
Language and languages > Philosophy.
Philosophy, Modern > History.
Anthropologie > Philosophie.
Langage et langues > Philosophie.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
Intellectual life.
Philosophy, Modern.
Anthropology.
Social Sciences.
Anthropology - General.
Europe > Intellectual life.
Europe > Vie intellectuelle.
Europe.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The enlightenment : from Hobbes to Condillac
  • Rousseau
  • Alternative anthropologies : Vico and Herder
  • Kant's aesthetic anthropology
  • Ending the enlightenment
  • Scenes of philosophy
  • Scenes of human science
  • Conclusion : the scenic imagination lost and found.

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