Taking as its point of departure Nelson Goodman's theory of symbol
systems as delineated in his seminal book "Ways of Worldmaking",
this volume gauges the possibilities and perspectives offered by
the worldmaking approach as a model for the study of culture. Its
main objectives are to explore the usefulness and scope of the
approach for the study of culture and to supplement Goodman's
philosophy of worldmaking with a number of complementary
disciplinary perspectives, literary and cultural approaches, and
new questions and applications. It focuses on three key issues or
concepts which illuminate ways of worldmaking and their
interdisciplinary relevance and ramifications, viz. (1) theoretical
approaches to ways of worldmaking, (2) the impact of media on ways
of worldmaking, and (3) narratives as ways of worldmaking. The
volume serves to demonstrate how specific media and narratives
affect the worlds that are created, and shows how these worlds are
established as socially relevant. It also illustrates the extent to
which ways of worldmaking are imbued with cultural values, and thus
inevitably implicated in power relations.
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