Revisiting Susanne Langer’s “Philosophy in a New Key”—Again

In the May 2023 issue of Duke University Press’s Common Knowledge, Howard Gardner reflects on his third read of Susanne K. Langer’s Philosophy in a New Key: A Study in the Symbolism of Reason, Rite, and Art and recounts the intriguing illuminations, reconsiderations, and insights that revisiting her book at various stages of his life made possible.

The essay is available online here if you have an account with Duke University Press, or if you don’t, as a PDF here.