03571nam 2200721Ia 450 991045856310332120211005011704.00-8232-3569-61-283-29717-597866132971740-8232-3839-30-8232-3300-610.1515/9780823238392(CKB)2560000000051125(EBL)976984(OCoLC)801363450(StDuBDS)EDZ0000021363(MiAaPQ)EBC3239534(OCoLC)680628937(MdBmJHUP)muse15148(DE-B1597)555060(DE-B1597)9780823238392(MiAaPQ)EBC976984(Au-PeEL)EBL3239534(CaPaEBR)ebr10420277(CaONFJC)MIL329717(MiAaPQ)EBC4704260(Au-PeEL)EBL4704260(EXLCZ)99256000000005112520100323d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe doppelgänger[electronic resource] literature's philosophy /Dimitris Vardoulakis1st ed.New York Fordham University Pressc20101 online resource (344 p.)Modern Language InitiativeDescription based upon print version of record.0-8232-3299-9 0-8232-3298-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 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 perspective, the Doppelgänger has a "family resemblance" to current conceptualizations of subjectivity. It becomes the emblematic subject of modernity. This is the first significant study on the Doppelgänger's influence on philosophical thought. The Doppelgänger emerges as a hidden and unexplored element both in conceptions of subjectivity and in philosophy's relation to literature. Vardoulakis demonstrates this by employing the Doppelgänger to read literature philosophically and to read philosophy as literature. The Doppelgänger then appears instrumental in the self-conception of both literature and philosophy.Modern Language InitiativeLiteraturePhilosophyPhilosophySubject (Philosophy)Electronic books.LiteraturePhilosophy.Philosophy.Subject (Philosophy)190Vardoulakis Dimitris951553MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458563103321The doppelgänger2445506UNINA