Metanoia: A Speculative Ontology of Language, Thinking, and the Brain

by Anke Hennig and Armen Avanessian

Book Overview

Fusing speculative realism, analytical and linguistic philosophy this book theorises the fundamental impact the experience of reading has on us. In reading, language provides us with a world and meaning becomes perceptible. We can connect with another subjectivity, another place, another time. At its most extreme, reading changes our understanding of the world around us. Metanoia- meaning literally a change of mind or a conversion-refers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350004731
• ISBN13: 9781350004733
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"