In Search of Symbols: An Explorative Study.
Novus, Oslo 1997, Department of Cultural Studies, University of Oslo, Occational Papers No. 1, stor 8vo, orig. omslag, 235 s., engelsk tekst.
Innhold: Leif Ahnstrøm, Symbols in the phenomenology of Alfred Schutz related to Cultures; Jens Braarvig, The function of religious rites in creating and sustaining the «meaning» of symbols; Saphinaz-Amal Naguib, The Weighing of the Heart: Iconic Image and Symbol; Trond Berg Eriksen, The Symbolic Universe of the Middle Ages; Per Strømholm, The breaking of the circle. Baldassarre Peruzzi, Johannes Kepler, and the shape of the world; Kristin Gjerpe, Flying, falling. Emblem thinking in the Late Renaissance: Giordano Bruno’s Eagle; Bjarne Rogan, From Passion to Possessiveness. Collectors and collecting in a symbolic perspective; Arne Lie Christensen, The Swiss Building Style in Norway and its Messages to the Surroundings; Arne Bugge Amundsen, «The Haugean Heritage» — a Symbol of National History.