Very Little ... Almost Nothing: Death, Philosophy and Literature (2) (Warwick Studies in European Philosophy)
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- Synopsis
- 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.
- Copyright:
- 2004
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- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781134297740
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780203050118, 9780203462935, 9780415340489, 9780415340489, 9780415340496, 9780415340496
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 05/08/20
- Copyrighted By:
- Simon Critchley
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Philosophy
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.