Rethinking Symbolism by Dan Sperber

Rethinking Symbolism by Dan Sperber

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Rethinking Symbolism by Dan Sperber

William Hurrell Mallock, a prominent British philosopher, wrote this 1878 English satire based upon the religious liberalism or scientific optimism of Arnold, Pater, Huxley, Tyndall, Ruskin, Jowett, and other leading Victorians. Dedicated to Violet Fane', this Peacockian symposium in novel-form introduces her as Mrs Sinclair. Other characters admittedly drawn from life are Dr. Jenkinson (Jowett), Mr. Herbert (Ruskin), Mr. Storks (Huxley) and Mr. Stockton (Tyndal), Mr. Luke (Matthew Arnold), Mr. Rose (Walter Pater). An important title in the history of utopian literature. Mallock was also known for his books on atheism and socialism as well.

Dan Sperber is the Director of Research of the Paris-based Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. He has taught at Princeton University, the London School of Economics, and the University of Michigan as a visiting professor. He is the author of Rethinking Symbolism, On Anthropological Knowledge, and Relevance: Communication and Cogntion (1995), co-authored with Deirdre Wilson.

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ISBN 13 9780521099677
ISBN 10 0521099676
Title Rethinking Symbolism
Author Dan Sperber
Series Cambridge Studies In Social And Cultural Anthropology
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 1975-09-25
Number of pages 166
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