Conceptual Mathematics and Literature: Toward a Deep Reading of Texts and Minds

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-44236-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 442 g

Reihe: Studies in Mathematics in the

The old practices of interpretation have been exhausted, and the humanities and social sciences are facing a crisis. Is there a way out of the labyrinth of reading? In this book, Professor Neuman presents a challenging approach to interpreting texts and reading literature through the spectacles of conceptual mathematics. This approach strives to avoid the simplicity of a quantitative approach to the analysis of literature as well as both the relativistic and the ideological dangers facing a qualitative reading of a text. The approach is introduced in a rigorous and accessible manner and woven with insights gained from various fields. Taking us on a challenging journey from Ovid’s Metamorphoses to Nick Cave’s The Death of Bunny Munro, the book shows how we may gain a deeper understanding of literature and the aesthetic experience of reading.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Neuman, Yair

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie der Mathematik, Philosophie der Physik
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Philosophie der Mathematik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Dedication

Acknowledgments

List of Figures

List of Greek Letters

1. Introduction: On the difficulty of reading

2. Symmetries and literature, or how the eel popped out of the tap

3. “Why is a raven like a writing desk?”: On forgetting and similarities

4. Maps of identity: From Kafka’s Metamorphosis to Borges’ cartographers

5. Perspectives and transformations: From Rashomon to The Death of Bunny Munro

6. Hide and Seek: On the reflective novel

7. Everything must change: From Rabbit, Run to The Kreutzer Sonata

8. On dimensionality, orthogonal morphisms and the naughty turd

9. Discussion: Toward a deep reading of texts and minds

References

Author index

Subject index

Über Autor(innen)

Professor Yair Neuman (b. 1968) is the author of numerous papers and six academic books. He has been a visiting professor at various universities, such as Oxford, Toronto and MIT, and holds a full professorship at the Department of Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.