Very little-- almost nothing : death, philosophy, literature / / Simon Critchley

• Autore: Critchley Simon <1960-, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 149/.8
• Soggetto topico: Philosophy, Modern; Literature, Modern - History and criticism; Nihilism; Death
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-269) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Very 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Very little-- almost nothing
• ISBN: 1-134-29775-0; 1-280-07798-0; 0-203-46293-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451320103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Warwick Studies in European Philosophy