The Concept of Water

Water is commonly taken for granted and treated with contempt yet it is the very foundation of human existence. Assuming countless forms it is deeply associated both with life and death body and soul purity and pollution creation and destruction. The Concept of Water seeks to bring together the various aspects of our deeply ambiguous relationship with water providing a systematic account of its symbolic and philosophical significance. This involves looking at how water has been conceived and the role it has played in everyday thought mythology literature religion philosophy politics and science both across cultures and through history. R. D. V. Glasgow was born in Sheffield and currently lives in Zaragoza. His previous books are Madness Masks and Laughter (1995) Split Down the Sides (1997) and The Comedy of Mind (1999).