A Psychohistory of Metaphors : Envisioning Time, Space, and Self Through the Centuries Hardback
by Brian J. McVeigh
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How have figures of speech configured new concepts of time, space, and mind throughout history?
Brian J. McVeigh answers this question in A Psychohistory of Metaphors: Envisioning Time, Space, and Self through the Centuries by exploring "meta-framing:" our ever-increasing capability to "step back" from the environment, search out its familiar features to explain the unfamiliar, and generate "as if" forms of knowledge and metaphors of location and vision.
This book demonstrates how analogizing and abstracting have altered spatio-visual perceptions, expanding our introspective capabilities and allowing us to adapt to changing social circumstances.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:244 pages, Illustrations, unspecified; Tables; Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Phot
- Publisher:Lexington Books
- Publication Date:04/04/2016
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- ISBN:9781498520287
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:244 pages, Illustrations, unspecified; Tables; Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Phot
- Publisher:Lexington Books
- Publication Date:04/04/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9781498520287