LEADER 02887oam 2200685I 450 001 9910451320103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-29775-0 010 $a1-280-07798-0 010 $a0-203-46293-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203462935 035 $a(CKB)1000000000255981 035 $a(EBL)200735 035 $a(OCoLC)808026971 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000312689 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11278107 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000312689 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10332962 035 $a(PQKB)10527876 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC200735 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL200735 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10402292 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL7798 035 $a(OCoLC)56545420 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000255981 100 $a20180706d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aVery little-- almost nothing $edeath, philosophy, literature /$fSimon Critchley 205 $a2nd ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (305 p.) 225 1 $aWarwick Studies in European Philosophy 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-34048-9 311 $a0-415-34049-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 237-269) and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Contents; Abbreviations; Preface to Second Edition: As my father, I have already died; Preamble: Travels in Nihilon; Il y a; Unworking romanticism; Know happiness on Beckett; The philosophical significance of a poem on Wallace Stevens; Notes; Acknowledgements; Index 330 $aVery Little ... Almost Nothing puts the question of the meaning of life back at the centre of intellectual debate. Its central concern is how we can find a meaning to human finitude without recourse to anything that transcends that finitude. A profound but secular meditation on the theme of death, Critchley traces the idea of nihilism through Blanchot, Levinas, Jena Romanticism and Cavell, culminating in a reading of Beckett, in many ways the hero of the book. In this second edition, Simon Critchley has added a revealing and extended new preface, and a new chapter on Wallace St 410 0$aWarwick Studies in European Philosophy 606 $aPhilosophy, Modern 606 $aLiterature, Modern$xHistory and criticism 606 $aNihilism 606 $aDeath 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPhilosophy, Modern. 615 0$aLiterature, Modern$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aNihilism. 615 0$aDeath. 676 $a149/.8 700 $aCritchley$b Simon$f1960-,$0687642 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451320103321 996 $aVery little-- almost nothing$91902991 997 $aUNINA