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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458849203321

Autore

Berthold-Bond Daniel <1953->

Titolo

The ethics of authorship [[electronic resource] ] : communication, seduction, and death in Hegel and Kierkegaard / / Daniel Berthold

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Fordham University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-8232-4043-6

0-8232-3396-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 232 p. )

Disciplina

801

Soggetti

Authorship - Moral and ethical aspects

Philosophy - Authorship - Moral and ethical aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : Rorschach tests -- A question of style -- Live or tell -- Kierkegaard's seductions -- Hegel's seductions -- Talking cures -- A penchant for disguise : the death (and rebirth) of the author in Kierkegaard and Nietzsche -- Passing over : the death of the author in Hegel -- Conclusion : the melancholy of having finished -- Aftersong : from low down.

Sommario/riassunto

This is a book about the ethics of authorship. Most directly, it explores different conceptualizations of the responsibilities of the author to the reader. But it also engages the question of what styles of authorship allow these responsibilities to be met.