Symbol and Existence: A Study in Meaning: Explorations of Human Nature

SYMBOL AND EXISTENCE will prove fascinating to Walker Percy scholars and fans who wish to decipher Percy's authentic philosophical stance. Percy, an existentialist Catholic at his core, was also a scientist seeking an objective paradigm to portray his views. SYMBOL AND EXISTENCE demonstrates that Percy was quite methodical and logical in his thought and provides an entirely new perspective on his scholarship. Much of this book is unique and has never been published before; however, some sections were revised and published as isolated journal articles or book chapters, never presented as the unified whole that Percy intended. The orderly unity of Percy's work has not previously been accessible to scholars and fans. As the only known systematic representation of Percy's general working theory, SYMBOL AND EXISTENCE gives an important framework for his diverse intellectual background--philosophy and psychology, medicine and anthropology, semiotics and zoology.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Published: 10/01/2019
ISBN: 9780881467086
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.80w x 1.20d