The Mind Is a Collection : Case Studies in Eighteenth-Century Thought /

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The Mind Is a Collection approaches seventeenth- and eighteenth-century theory of the mind from a material point of view, examining the metaphors for mental activity that invoked the material activity of collection.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Silver, Sean, 1972-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc., 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Museums > Curatorship.
Intellectual life.
Imagination (Philosophy)
Collectors and collecting.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Museums > Curatorship > England > London > History > 18th century > Case studies.
Museums > Curatorship > England > London > History > 17th century > Case studies.
Collectors and collecting > History > 18th century > Case studies.
Collectors and collecting > History > 17th century > Case studies.
England > London.
England.
Angleterre > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siecle.
Angleterre > Vie intellectuelle > 17e siecle.
England > Intellectual life > 18th century.
England > Intellectual life > 17th century.
History.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface : Welcome To The Museum
  • Introduction
  • Case 1. Metaphor
  • Case 2. Design
  • Case 3. Digression
  • Case 4. Inwardness
  • Case 5. Conception
  • Case 6. Dispossession
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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