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The meaning of the body : aesthetics of human understanding / Mark Johnson.
| Author/creator | Johnson, Mark, 1949- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007. |
| Description | xvii, 308 pages, 2 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), music ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Preface : the need for an aesthetics of human meaning -- Introduction : meaning is more than words and deeper than concepts -- The movement of life -- Big babies -- "Since feeling is first" : emotional dimensions of meaning -- The grounding of meaning in the qualities of life -- Feeling William James's "but": the aesthetics of reasoning and logic -- The origin of meaning in organism-environment coupling : a nonrepresentational view of mind -- The corporeal roots of symbolic meaning -- The brain's role in meaning -- From embodied meaning to abstract thought -- Art as an exemplar of meaning-making -- Music and the flow of meaning -- The meaning of the body. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-295) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006100532 |
| ISBN | 9780226401928 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0226401928 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | B105.M4 J65 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |