Literature, Philosophy, Nihilism

The Uncanniest of Guests
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-349-36244-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 234 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 317 g

This book charts the history of the concept of nihilism in some of the most important philosophers and literary theorists of the modern and postmodern periods, including Heidegger, Adorno, Blanchot, Derrida, and Vattimo. Weller offers the first in-depth analysis of nihilism's key role in the thinking of the aesthetic since Nietzsche.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weller, Shane

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Hermeneutik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Introduction: What's in a Name? Absolute Devaluation: Friedrich Nietzsche Homelessness: Martin Heidegger Fatal Positivities: Theodor Adorno The Naive Calculation of the Negative: Maurice Blanchot Bad Violence: Jacques Derrida The Fracture: Giorgio Agamben Distortions, or Nihilism Against Itself: Gianni Vattimo The Denial of (Greek) Thought: Alain Badiou Conclusion: Nihilism at the Door Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

SHANE WELLER is Reader in Comparative Literature in the School of European Culture and Languages at the University of Kent, UK. His publications include (2005), (2006) and (2007, co-edited with Thomas Baldwin and James Fowler).