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Record Nr.

UNINA9910511887803321

Autore

Avanessian Armen

Titolo

Metanoia : a speculative ontology of language, thinking, and the brain / / by Armen Avanessian and Anke Hennig ; translated by Nils F. Schott ; with a foreword by Levi Bryant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2018

ISBN

1-350-00475-8

1-350-00474-X

1-350-00471-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

401

Soggetti

Language and languages - Philosophy

Ontology

Poetics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Originally published in German as Metanoia : spekulative Ontologie der Sprache"--Title page verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter I. Poetics : Principles of Lingual Poiesis -- Chapter II. The Analytic Circle : The Lingual Creation of a True World -- Chapter III. Speculation : Aspects of a Poetics of Thought -- Chapter IV. Cognition : Metanoia is an Anagram of Anatomie -- Epilogue : The Whole Truth and Nothing. But the Truth! -- Glossary -- Notes -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Fusing speculative realism, analytical and linguistic philosophy this book theorises the fundamental impact the experience of reading has on us. In reading, language provides us with a world and meaning becomes perceptible. We can connect with another subjectivity, another place, another time. At its most extreme, reading changes our understanding of the world around us. Metanoia--meaning literally a change of mind or a conversion--refers to this kind of new way of seeing. To see the world in a new light is to accept that our thinking has been irrevocably transformed. How is that possible? And is it merely an intellectual process without any impact on the world outside



our brains? Innovatively tackling these questions, this book mobilizes discussions from linguistics, literary theory, philosophy of language, and cognitive science. It re-articulates linguistic consciousness by underlining the poetic, creative moment of language and sheds light on the ability of language to transform not only our thinking but the world around us as well."--Bloomsbury Publishing.