{"product_id":"the-broken-ring-jean-borella-9798892801607","title":"The Broken Ring: A History and Theory of the Symbol","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis work is regarded as the founding text of a new epistemology and may be read as an introduction to \u003cem\u003eThe Crisis of Religious Symbolism \u003c\/em\u003eby the same author. It begins with a historical survey of theories of symbolism stretching from antiquity to the modern period, moves on to a critique of contemporary linguistic theory, and then turns to a ground-breaking structural analysis of the symbolic sign that uncovers a necessary but too long elided metaphysical dimension. In sum, it presents a theory of the symbol that seeks to restore, intelligibly, and in a way that transcends contemporary deconstructions, the ancient doctrines of both East and West. But make no mistake: this is philosophy, not ethnology. The symbolic sign is the nodal point of metaphysical thought, the place where nature becomes culture and culture becomes nature; that is, where being and meaning are reconciled without confusion. Such is the central concern of \u003cem\u003eThe Broken Ring.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean Borella\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798892801607\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Angelico Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Jean Borella","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47761813504255,"sku":"9798892801607","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b88ae6b8-cb67-4aee-a9fb-47b202248cf7.jpg?v=1765515461","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-broken-ring-jean-borella-9798892801607","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}