A Psychohistory of Metaphors: Envisioning Time, Space, and Self through the Centuries

A Psychohistory of Metaphors: Envisioning Time, Space, and Self through the Centuries

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Publisher's Synopsis

How have figures of speech configured new concepts of time, space, and mind throughout history? Brian J. McVeigh answers this question in A Psychohistory of Metaphors: Envisioning Time, Space, and Self through the Centuries by exploring "meta-framing:" our ever-increasing capability to "step back" from the environment, search out its familiar features to explain the unfamiliar, and generate "as if" forms of knowledge and metaphors of location and vision. This book demonstrates how analogizing and abstracting have altered spatio-visual perceptions, expanding our introspective capabilities and allowing us to adapt to changing social circumstances.

Book information

ISBN: 9781498520287
Publisher: Lexington Books
Imprint: Lexington Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 115
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 244
Weight: 520g
Height: 162mm
Width: 236mm
Spine width: 26mm