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UNINA9910973015803321 |
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Autore |
Vardoulakis Dimitris |
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Titolo |
The doppelgänger : literature's philosophy / / Dimitris Vardoulakis |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Fordham University Press, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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9786613297174 |
9780823235698 |
0823235696 |
9781283297172 |
1283297175 |
9780823238392 |
0823238393 |
9780823233007 |
0823233006 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (344 p.) |
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Collana |
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Modern Language Initiative |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Literature - Philosophy |
Philosophy |
Subject (Philosophy) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Preamble, or An Other Opening -- Introduction, or The Reflections of the Doppelgänger -- Chapter One. The Critique of Loneliness -- Chapter Two. The Subject of Modernity -- Chapter Three. The Task of the Doppelgänger -- Chapter Four. The Politics of the Doppelgänger -- Chapter Five. Self-Inscriptions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Doppelgänger or Double presents literature as the "double" of philosophy. There are historical reasons for this. The genesis of the Doppelgänger is literature's response to the philosophical focus on subjectivity. The Doppelgänger was coined by the German author Jean Paul in 1796 as a critique of Idealism's assertion of subjective autonomy, individuality and human agency. This critique prefigures post-War extrapolations of the subject as decentred. From this |
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