Conceptions of the Absurd

From Surrealism to Chestov's and Fondane's Existential Thought
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-1-900755-47-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 143 mm x 217 mm, Gewicht: 422 g

The concept of the Absurd was a source of fascination for artists and intellectuals throughout the twentieth century. Two interpretations in particular were to provide major reference points for French writers in the 1920s and 1930s: the Surrealist 'free functioning of thought', and the existential critique of rational discourse elaborated by Leon Chestov(1866-1938) and Benjamine Fondane(1898-1944). In this highly original study, Fotiade examines the less familiar existential line, and shows that Chestov and Fondane's project found both support and illustration in the force-field of the Surrealist movement. the work of such dissident writers as Antonin Artuad, Roger Gilbert-Lecomte and Rene Daumal takes on wider intellectual context.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fotiade, Ramona

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Phänomenologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements, Note on References, Introduction, 1 Places in the Mind: Self-Evidence and Consciousness of Self, 2 The Powerless Subject: Forms of Negative Reconstruction, 3 Time and History: Forms of Temporal Existence, 4 Individual Choice and Freedom: Between the Categorical Imperative and the Suspension of the Ethical, Conclusions, Bibliography, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ramona Fotiade is a Lecturer in French at the University of Glasgow.