Reflections on Jean Améry's "At the Mind's Limits"
Buch, Englisch, 98 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 263 g
ISBN: 978-3-031-03814-3
Verlag: Springer
The Death of Transcendence presents a clear and compelling close reading and interpretation of the five essays included in Jean Améry’s At the Mind’s Limits , describing them as one continuous and progressing argument on the possibility of human society in the wake of the Holocaust.
Through the thought of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Iris Murdoch, J.M. Bernstein and, Charles Taylor, Ashkenazy uncovers the importance and significance of such concepts as transcendence, lose, self, other, love, and home for establishing and maintaining a human life and world, and recovering it, should it be lost.
Written with both clarity and academic rigour, this book offers novel ideas, firmly grounded in existing philosophical literature, and is intended for both professional scholars and general readers of Améry.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte Deutsche Geschichte: Holocaust
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction.- Part I: Loss.- Part II: I, Myself, Torture.- Part III: Homelessness.- Part IV: Endgame.- Part V: Jewishness as the Final Solution.- Part VI: Human Face.
