Table of Contents

PREFACE ABBREVIATIONS INTRODUCTION: SCHEMA, SUBSTANCE, AND SYMBOL  1 LINGUISTIC FORM: THE CRITIQUE OF REASON BECOMES THE CRITIQUE OF CULTURE 2 MYTHICAL THOUGHT: BEGINNING THE LADDER OF CONSCIOUSNESS  3 PHENOMENOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE: TAKING PHENOMENOLOGY IN THE HEGELIAN, NOT THE MODERN SENSE  4 METAPHYSICS OF SYMBOLIC FORMS: SPIRIT, LIFE, AND WORK  5 LOGIC OF THE CULTURAL SCIENCES: NATURE AND CULTURE 6 ANIMAL SYMBOLICUM  7 HUMAN FREEDOM AND POLITICS  APPENDIX: A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY  NOTES  INDEX  THE AUTHOR

About the Author

Donald Phillip Verene is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Metaphysics and Moral Philosophy and director of the Institute for Vico Studies at Emory University.