Behaviorism, Consciousness, and the Literary Mind

"This book reveals important convergences between modernist writers, experimental psychology, and analytic philosophy of mind-while also providing a new framework for thinking about why language can create the illusion of mental life"--

About the author

Joshua Gang is an assistant professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley.

Summary

Coetzee, Behaviorism, Consciousness, and the Literary Mind reveals important convergences between modernist writers, experimental psychology, and analytic philosophy of mind-while giving readers a new framework for thinking about some of literature's most fundamental and exciting questions.

Product details

• Authors: Joshua Gang, Joshua (University of California Gang
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9781421440842
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-4084-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Hopkins Studies in Modernism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Philosophy of Language, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, PHILOSOPHY / Language, Philosophy, Psychology, Experimental Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Experimental Psychology, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary theory, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000