The Resource The scenic imagination : originary thinking from Hobbes to the present day, Eric Gans
The scenic imagination : originary thinking from Hobbes to the present day, Eric Gans
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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 Hobbes's 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 the process, he demonstrates that the originary hypothesis offers the most cohesive explanation of the origin and function of these fundamental institutions."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 220 pages
- Contents
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- The enlightenment : from Hobbes to Condillac
- Rousseau
- Alternative anthropologies : Vico and Herder
- Kant's aesthetic anthropology
- Ending the enlightenment
- Scenes of philosophy
- Scenes of human science
- Conclusion : the scenic imagination lost and found
- Isbn
- 9780804757003
- Label
- The scenic imagination : originary thinking from Hobbes to the present day
- Title
- The scenic imagination
- Title remainder
- originary thinking from Hobbes to the present day
- Statement of responsibility
- Eric Gans
- Language
- eng
- 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 Hobbes's 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 the process, he demonstrates that the originary hypothesis offers the most cohesive explanation of the origin and function of these fundamental institutions."--BOOK JACKET
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1941-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gans, Eric Lawrence
- Dewey number
- 301.01
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GN33
- LC item number
- .G353 2008
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Anthropology
- Language and languages
- Philosophy, Modern
- Anthropology
- Language and languages
- Philosophy, Modern
- Europe
- Philosophische Anthropologie
- Label
- The scenic imagination : originary thinking from Hobbes to the present day, Eric Gans
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-216) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The enlightenment : from Hobbes to Condillac -- Rousseau -- Alternative anthropologies : Vico and Herder -- Kant's aesthetic anthropology -- Ending the enlightenment -- Scenes of philosophy -- Scenes of human science -- Conclusion : the scenic imagination lost and found
- Control code
- 85892211
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 220 pages
- Isbn
- 9780804757003
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2007007303
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)85892211
- Label
- The scenic imagination : originary thinking from Hobbes to the present day, Eric Gans
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-216) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The enlightenment : from Hobbes to Condillac -- Rousseau -- Alternative anthropologies : Vico and Herder -- Kant's aesthetic anthropology -- Ending the enlightenment -- Scenes of philosophy -- Scenes of human science -- Conclusion : the scenic imagination lost and found
- Control code
- 85892211
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 220 pages
- Isbn
- 9780804757003
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2007007303
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)85892211
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