The scenic imagination: originary thinking from Hobbes to the present day
The Scenic Imagination 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. In...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Stanford, Calif.
Stanford University Press
2008
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Gans, Eric Lawrence, 1941-, The scenic imagination : originary thinking from Hobbes to the present day] (2008) (Bartlett, Andrew, 1977 -)
[Rezension von: Gans, Eric Lawrence, 1941-, The scenic imagination : originary thinking from Hobbes to the present day] (2008) (Bartlett, Andrew) |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Philosophical anthropology
/ History 1550-2000
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Europe
Intellectual life
B Philosophical anthropology B Anthropology Philosophy B Philosophy, Modern History B History 1550-2000 B Language and languages Philosophy |
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| Summary: | The Scenic Imagination 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. In traditional societies, the scenic imagination through which this scene of origin is conceived manifests itself in sacred creation narratives. Modern thought is defined by the independent use of the scenic imagination to create anthropological models of the origin of human institutions, beginning with the social contract scene in Hobbess Leviathan that puts an end to the reciprocal violence of the state of nature. Eric Gans follows the work of the scenic imagination in selected writings of twenty thinkers including Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Durkheim, Boas, and Freud and concludes his book with a critical examination of contemporary writing on the origins of religion and language. In t |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-216) and index |
| ISBN: | 0804757003 |