Language and Myth

by Ernst Cassirer, Susanne K. Langer (Translator)

Overview

Analyzes nonrational thought processes, demonstrating underlying grammar; Indian philosophy, Schelling modern poetry, much more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486200514
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	06/01/1953
Edition description:	Unabridged
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.28(d)

Table of Contents

1. The Place of Language and Myth in the Pattern of Human Culture
2. The Evolution of Religious Ideas
3. Language and Conception
4. Word Magic
5. The Successive Phases of Religious Thought
6. The Power of Metaphor