The Rule of Metaphor: The Creation of Meaning in Language
- ISBN-10
- 0415312809
- ISBN-13
- 9780415312806
- Series
- The Rule of Metaphor
- Category
- Language and languages
- Pages
- 454
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Psychology Press
- Author
- Paul Ricoeur
Description
Paul Ricoeur is widely regarded as one of the most distinguished philosophers of our time. In 'The Rule of Metaphor' this intellectual giant of our age 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, Ricoeur reveals the processes by which linguistic imagination creates and recreates meaning through metaphor. Taking further his acclaimed analysis of the power of myth and symbol, Ricoeur invites us to explore the many layers of language in order to rediscover what that meaning might be. 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.
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- 1978
- 384 pages
- Paperback
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- 1977
- 384 pages
- Paperback
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