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

by Brian J. McVeigh

Book Overview

A Psychohistory of Metaphors traces how, in response to historical change, metaphors have expanded our introspective capabilities. By illuminating how new experiences borrowed from visual and spatial perceptions have transformed cognition itself, unexpected linkages among notions of time, geography, and psyche are revealed.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498520308
• ISBN13: 9781498520300
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"