Metaphors of Memory

First published in 2000, this book explores the metaphors used by philosophers and psychologists to understand memory over the centuries.

From the author of The Messiah of Stockholm and Art and Ardor comes a new collection of supple, provocative, and intellectually dazzling essays. In Metaphor & M

Provides students with a guide to human memory, its properties, theories about how it works, and how studying it can help us understand who we are and why we do

Literature explores the human condition, the mystery of the world, life and death, as well as our relations with others, and our desires and dreams. It differs

"A fascination with childhood unites the artist Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) and the writers Samuel Beckett (1906-89) and Marcel Proust (1871-1922). But while m

As the most popular mass spectator sport across the world, soccer generates key moments of significance on and off the field, encapsulated in events that create

The work of German cultural theorist and art historian Aby Warburg (1866–1929) has had a lasting effect on how we think about images. This book is the first i

Body Memory, Metaphor and Movement is an interdisciplinary volume with contributions from philosophers, cognitive scientists, and movement therapists. Part one

A study of ‘AbhijñānaŚākuntalam’ has to situate the contexts in ancient through medieval Indian literature and scholarship before it comes to the coloni