Symbols that Stand for Themselves
by
Roy Wagner
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0226869296
ISBN-13
9780226869292
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Imprint
University of Chicago Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 17th, 1989
Print length
157 Pages
Weight
184 grams
Dimensions
12.70 x 20.40 x 0.90 cms
Product Classification:
Philosophy of languageSemantics, discourse analysis, etcAnthropology
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This important new work by Roy Wagner is about the autonomy of symbols and their role in creating culture. Its argument, anticipated in the author's previous book, The Invention of Culture, is at once symbolic, philosophical, and evolutionary: meaning is a form of perception to which human beings are physically and mentally adapted. Using examples from his many years of research among the Daribi people of New Guinea as well as from Western culture, Wagner approaches the question of the creation of meaning by examining the nonreferential qualities of symbols—such as their aesthetic and formal properties—that enable symbols to stand for themselves.
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