Very Little ... Almost Nothing Death, Philosophy and Literature
Heftet /
2004
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780415340496
Publisert
2004-05-20
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
382 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
308
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Biographical note
Simon Critchley is Professor of Philosophy in the Graduate Faculty, New School University, New York and at the University of Essex. He is author and editor of many books including The Ethics of Deconstruction and On Humour(also published by Routledge).
Very Little ... Almost Nothing puts the question of the meaning of life back at the centre of intellectual debate. Its central concern is how we can find a meaning to human finitude without recourse to anything that transcends that finitude. A profound but secular meditation on the theme of death, Critchley traces the idea of nihilism through Blanchot, Levinas, Jena Romanticism and Cavell, culminating in a reading of Beckett, in many ways the hero of the book. In this second edition, Simon Critchley has added a revealing and extended new preface, and a new chapter on Wallace Stevens which reflects on the idea of poetry as philosophy.
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A compelling read, Very Little ... Almost Nothing opens up new ways of understanding finitude, modernity and the nature of imagination. Revised edition with a new preface by the author.
Abbreviations, Preface to Second Edition: As my father, I have already died, Preamble: Travels in Nihilon, Lecture 1: Il y a, Lecture 2: Unworking romanticism, Lecture 3: Know happiness – on Beckett, Lecture 4: The philosophical significance of a poem – on Wallace Stevens, Notes, Acknowledgements, Index
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780415340496
Publisert
2004-05-20
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
382 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
308
Forfatter
Biographical note
Simon Critchley is Professor of Philosophy in the Graduate Faculty, New School University, New York and at the University of Essex. He is author and editor of many books including The Ethics of Deconstruction and On Humour(also published by Routledge).