Hamilton Rapture

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-0-231-56168-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

Reihe: No Limits

In this inviting book, philosopher Christopher Hamilton reflects on the nature of rapture and its crucial yet unacknowledged place in our lives.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hamilton, Christopher

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Phänomenologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie Emotion, Motivation, Handlung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Fragments of a Philosophy of Rapture
1. Nietzsche: Illness and Italy
2. Werner Herzog: Human and Animal
3. Pierre Bonnard: Desire and Skepticism
4. Reverie: Gardening and the Material World
5. The Kiss: Creation and Love
6. Nothingness: The Disappearance of a Man and a Woman
7. Philippe Petit: A Life Lived in the Spirit of Rapture
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Christopher Hamilton is professor of philosophy at King’s College London. His most recent book is Philosophy and Autobiography: Reflections on Truth, Self-Knowledge, and Knowledge of Others (2021).