Susanne Langer in Focus

Robert E. Innis is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. He is author of Semiotics: An Introductory Anthology (IUP, 1985) and Consciousness and the Play of Signs (IUP, 1994). His most recent book is Pragmatism and the Forms of Sense: Language, Perception, Technics.

• Preface and AcknowledgmentsBiographical NoteAbbreviations and Langer BibliographyIntroduction: Links, Themes, and Intersections1. The Roots of Langer's Philosophical Project: On the "Logic" of Meaning2. Symbolic Transformation: Philosophy's New Key3. Meaning after Language: Ritual, Myth, and Art4. Framing the Art Symbol: Forms of Feeling5. Art Forms: The Logic of Primary Illusions6. The Mind of Feeling7. From Acts to Symbolization8. The Symbolic Animal9. Placing Langer's Philosophical ProjectList of ReferencesIndex

"Robert Innis has performed an immensely valuable service for scholars in the fields of American philosophy, aesthetics, and semiotics. Not only does his comprehensive view of Susanne K. Langer's opus show us its development, but this is the only book in English devoted solely to Langer."—The Pluralist"This book is based on wide and deep erudition, written in an accessible, engaging, and eloquent manner."—Vincent Colapietro, The Pennsylvania State University