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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452300603321

Autore

Burke Sean <1961->

Titolo

The ethics of writing : authorship and legacy in Plato and Nietzsche / / Seán Burke [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2008

ISBN

0-7486-8684-3

0-7486-5207-8

1-281-25204-2

9786611252045

0-7486-2886-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 243 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

801.3

Soggetti

Authorship - Moral and ethical aspects

Authors and readers

Criticism - Moral and ethical aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : The responsibilities of the writer -- The ethical opening -- The ethics of legacy -- Signature and authorship in the Phaedrus -- The textual estate : Nietzsche and authorial responsibility -- Conclusion : Creativity versus containment : the aesthetic defence.

Sommario/riassunto

The ethical question is the question of our times. Within critical theory  it has focused on the act of reading. This original and courageous study reverses the terms of inquiry to analyse the ethical composition of the act of writing.