Philosophy in a New Key

Philosophy in a New Key: A Study in the Symbolism of Reason, Rite and Art

Cover of the first edition
Author	Susanne K. Langer
Language	English
Subject	Philosophy
Publication date	1942
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print

Philosophy in a New Key: A Study in the Symbolism of Reason, Rite and Art is the main work of American philosopher Susanne K. Langer, first published in 1941. In it she declares that "Symbolism was the ‘new key’ to understanding how the human mind transformed the primal need to express oneself."^[1]