Susanne Langer in focus : the symbolic mind / Robert E. Innis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Innis, Robert E.

Series:

American philosophy.

American philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Langer, Susanne K. (Susanne Katherina Knauth), 1895-1985.

Langer, Susanne K.

Physical Description:

xvi, 278 p.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Susanne Langer (1895 -- 1985) was one of American philosophy's most distinctive thinkers. Her philosophy was a deep exploration of human life as a continuous process of meaning-making through symbolic forms. Here, Robert E. Innis brings readers closer to Langer's precise and nuanced account of the symbolic mind. Innis shows how Langer's thought spans the sciences, aesthetics, psychology, religion, education, and music, and where it touches on concerns that were brought forward by American pragmatists such as John Dewey and William James. Innis reveals Langer's intense focus on making meaning clear as he covers her entire philosophical career. Highlighting what is of permanent value to American philosophy in Langer's work, he determines exactly what her positions were and why she proposed them. Readers will find a keen appreciation for and critical appraisal of Langer's unique philosophical vision.

Contents:

The roots of Langer's philosophical project : on the "logic" of meaning

Symbolic transformation : philosophy's new key

Meaning after language : ritual, myth, and art

Framing the art symbol : forms of feeling

Art forms : the logic of primary illusions

The mind of feeling

From acts to symbolization

The symbolic animal

Placing Langer's philosophical project.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-268) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-10343-1

0-253-00271-0

9786612103438

OCLC:

370888525