The Message in the Bottle
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The Message in the Bottle is a collection of philosophical essays by Walker Percy exploring language, meaning, and the human condition from an existential and semiotic perspective.
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| The Message in the Bottle canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
book
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essay collection ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | Walker Percy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| explores |
how humans differ from other animals through language
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the crisis of meaning in modern society ⓘ the relationship between science and human subjectivity ⓘ the role of symbols in human experience ⓘ the search for transcendence ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
human communication
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religious and philosophical doubt ⓘ symbolic behavior ⓘ the modern self ⓘ the nature of signs ⓘ the problem of meaning ⓘ |
| genre |
existential philosophy
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philosophical essays ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ |
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“Metaphor as Mistake” (essay)
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“Notes for a Novel about the End of the World” (essay) NERFINISHED ⓘ “The Delta Factor” (essay) NERFINISHED ⓘ “The Fateful Rift: The San Andreas Fault in the Modern Mind” (essay) NERFINISHED ⓘ “The Loss of the Creature” (essay) NERFINISHED ⓘ “The Message in the Bottle” (essay) NERFINISHED ⓘ “The Mystery of Language” (essay) NERFINISHED ⓘ “The Symbolic Structure of Interpersonal Process” (essay) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Charles Sanders Peirce
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Gabriel Marcel NERFINISHED ⓘ Søren Kierkegaard NERFINISHED ⓘ semiotics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | essay ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Christianity
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alienation ⓘ existentialism ⓘ human condition ⓘ language ⓘ meaning ⓘ modernity ⓘ religious belief ⓘ selfhood ⓘ semiotics ⓘ signs and symbols ⓘ symbolic communication ⓘ |
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American philosophy
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Christian existentialism NERFINISHED ⓘ existentialism ⓘ |
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