The Scenic Imagination: Originary Thinking from Hobbes to the Present Day

by Eric Gans

The Scenic Imagination argues that the uniquely human phenomenon of representation, as manifested in language, art, and ritual, is a scenic event focused on a central object designated by a sign. The originary hypothesis posits the necessity of conceiving the origin of the human as such an event. In traditional societies, the scenic imagination through which this scene of origin is conceived manifests itself in sacred creation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804757003
• ISBN13: 9780804757003
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 8.6"