The rule of metaphor: Multi-disciplinary studies of the creation of meaning in language (University of Toronto romance series)
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (960 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0802053262 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Paul Ricouer was a French philosopher best known for combining phenomenological description with hermeneutic interpretation.
'I do not think that anyone would fail to find illumination and challenge in reading him.' - Times Literary Supplement
Leslie Gardner said essential and brilliant reading. it goes without my saying that this is utterly engrossing and smart from a top scholar in his field (and a few others)the overall trajectory builds to a peak and then winds down - an international history of metaphor from ancient times to present, pointing out implications and also absolute constitutive effect of metaphor - essential reading
A fruitful and insightful study of how language affects how we understand the world, this book is also an indispensable work for all those seeking to retrieve some kind of meaning in uncertain times.