Description
| Product ID: | 9780415312806 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Classics |
| Title: | The Rule of Metaphor |
| Subtitle: | The Creation of Meaning in Language |
| Authors: | Author: Paul Ricoeur |
| Page Count: | 464 |
| Subjects: | Philosophy of language, Philosophy of language, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Analytical philosophy and Logical Positivism, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc, Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. Paul Ricoeur is widely regarded as one of the most distinguished philosophers of our time. In The Rule of Metaphor he seeks ''to show how language can extend itself to its very limits, forever discovering new resonances within itself''. Recognizing the fundamental power of language in constructing the world we perceive, it is a fruitful and insightful study of how language affects how we understand the world, and is also an indispensable work for all those seeking to retrieve some kind of meaning in uncertain times. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2003-08-21 |
