The philosopher's "I" : autobiography and the search for the self / / J. Lenore Wright
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| Autore: |
Wright J. Lenore <1972->
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| Titolo: |
The philosopher's "I" : autobiography and the search for the self / / J. Lenore Wright
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| Pubblicazione: | Albany, NY, : State University of New York Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (229 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 920.001 |
| Soggetto topico: | Philosophers - History and criticism |
| Autobiography | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-209) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Writing the self -- Groundwork for a study of autobiography -- Writing the examined life -- The rationale for autobiographical writing -- Autobiography as confession -- Features of autobiographical writing -- Conclusions -- Bifurcating the self -- Self-ascription and self-description -- The inner self -- The outer self -- Conclusions -- Masking the self -- Deception and concealment -- Knowledge and truth in autobiography -- Self-deception -- Self-concealment -- Self-masking -- Conclusions -- Tranforming the self -- The dialectic of philosophical autobiography -- Interpretation and understanding -- Gracia on interpretation -- Gadamer on truth in interpretation -- Nietzsche and the subversion of the self. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Using works written over the course of 1,500 years, considers philosophers' autobiographies as a genre of philosophical writing. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The philosopher's "I" |
| ISBN: | 9780791480984 |
| 0791480984 | |
| 9781429457989 | |
| 1429457988 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910967672503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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