商品簡介
In this debut volume of a new series, Nunning (English literature, Ruprecht-Karls-U., Heidelberg) treats the late American philosopher Nelson Goodman's constructivist approach to Ways of Worldmaking (1978) as an entre to conceptualizing world models influenced by the symbol systems of the arts, sciences, philosophy, perception and everyday discourse. After comparing his approach to other theories (e.g., phenomenological, cognitive- psychological), European scholars explore theoretical, media, and narrative ways of worldmaking. Going beyond Goodman, they examine the relationship between cultural values and facts, and theories of the role of media in worldmaking. Literary narratives (e.g., Stead's fictional autobiography, A Secret History of Modernism, Doctorow's novel City of God) are discussed for their self- and community-making functions. Not indexed. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Vera Nunning, Heidelberg University; Ansgar Nunning and Birgit Neumann, Justus Liebig University Giessen.
