Philosophy, Literature and the Human Good

1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-415-24338-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 345 g

In this provocative new examination of the philosophical, moral and religious significance of literature, Michael Weston explores the role of literature in both analytic and continental traditions. He initiates a dialogue between them and investigates the growing importance of these issues for major contemporary thinkers.
Each chapter explores a philosopher or literary figure who has written on the relation between literature and the good life, such as Derrida, Kierkegaard, Murdoch and Blanchot. Challenging and insightful, Philosophy, Literature and the Human Good is ideal for all students of philosophy and literature.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weston, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface. Introduction. 1. Life as Art: Kant, Schlegel, Nietzsche 2. Georges Bataille: The Impossible 3.Maurice Blanchot: Literature's Space 4. Jacques Derrida: The Staging of Deconstruction 5. Iris Murdoch: The Transcendant Goog 6. Martha Nussbaum: Moral Fortune 7. Richard Rorty: Philosophy as Literature 8. Stanley Cavell: Language, Therapy and Pefectionism 9. A Kierkegaardian Intervention 10. D.Z. Philipps: The Mediation of Sense 11. A Concluding Reading: Joseph Conread's Lord Jim

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Weston is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Essex