Metaphor and moral experience
Alison Denham examines the parallels between moral and metaphorical discourse, and the ways in which our engagement with literary art, and metaphorical discourse in particular, informs our moral beliefs.
VIII, 366 p. ; 22 cm.
9780198240105, 0198240104
912218491
INTRODUCTION; 1. ART AND MORALITY (TOLSTOY AND PLATO): AN HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION; 2. VALUES AND VALUING; 3. ASPECTS OF VALUE; 4. CONVERGING ON VALUES: COGNITION AND SENTIMENT; 5. THE GENESIS OF MORAL EXPERIENCE; 6. SUBJECTIVE CONCEPTIONS; 7. IDENTIFYING METAPHOR; 8. METAPHOR AND COGNITION: TWO THEORIES; 9. METAPHOR AND JUDGEMENTS OF EXPERIENCE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
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