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The scenic imagination : originary thinking from Hobbes to the present day / Eric Gans.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gans, Eric Lawrence, 1941-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anthropology--Philosophy.
- Anthropology.
- Language and languages--Philosophy.
- Language and languages.
- Philosophy, Modern--History.
- Philosophy, Modern.
- History.
- Europe--Intellectual life.
- Europe.
- Intellectual life.
- Physical Description:
- 220 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- This book demonstrates the indispensability of the " scenic imagination" to human self-understanding by examining hypothetical scenes of origin in the writings of two dozen thinkers from Hobbes to the present day.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-216) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780804757003
- 0804757003
- OCLC:
- 85892211
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