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Literature, Philosophy, Nihilism
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This book charts the history of the concept of nihilism in some of the most important philosophers and literary theorists of the modern and postmodern periods, including Heidegger, Adorno, Blanchot, Derrida, and Vattimo. Weller offers the first in-depth analysis of nihilism's key role in the thinking of the aesthetic since Nietzsche.
Autorentext
SHANE WELLER is Reader in Comparative Literature in the School of European Culture and Languages at the University of Kent, UK. His publications include A Taste for the Negative: Beckett and Nihilism (2005), Beckett, Literature and the Ethics of Alterity (2006) and The Flesh in the Text (2007, co-edited with Thomas Baldwin and James Fowler).
Inhalt
Preface Introduction: What's in a Name? Absolute Devaluation: Friedrich Nietzsche Homelessness: Martin Heidegger Fatal Positivities: Theodor Adorno The Naive Calculation of the Negative: Maurice Blanchot Bad Violence: Jacques Derrida The Fracture: Giorgio Agamben Distortions, or Nihilism Against Itself: Gianni Vattimo The Denial of (Greek) Thought: Alain Badiou Conclusion: Nihilism at the Door Notes Bibliography Index
Weitere Informationen
- Allgemeine Informationen
- GTIN 09780230551541
- Sprache Englisch
- Größe H216mm x B140mm
- Jahr 2008
- EAN 9780230551541
- Format Fester Einband
- ISBN 978-0-230-55154-1
- Veröffentlichung 11.09.2008
- Titel Literature, Philosophy, Nihilism
- Autor Shane Weller
- Untertitel The Uncanniest of Guests
- Gewicht 440g
- Herausgeber SPRINGER VERLAG GMBH
- Anzahl Seiten 234
- Lesemotiv Verstehen
- Genre Linguistics & Literature