Strangers, Gods, and monsters : interpreting otherness / / Richard Kearney
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| Autore: |
Kearney Richard
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| Titolo: |
Strangers, Gods, and monsters : interpreting otherness / / Richard Kearney
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 128 |
| Soggetto topico: | Identity (Philosophical concept) |
| Identity (Psychology) | |
| Difference (Philosophy) | |
| Difference (Psychology) | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-291) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ; 1. Strangers and scapegoats -- ; 2. Rights of sacrifice -- ; 3. Aliens and others -- ; 4. Evil, monstrosity and the sublime -- ; 5. On terror -- ; 6. Hamlet's ghosts : from Shakespeare to Joyce -- ; 7. Melancholy : between gods and monsters -- ; 8. The immemorial : a task of narrative -- ; 9. God or Khora -- ; 10. Last gods and final things : faith and philosophy. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This is a fascinating look at how human identity is shaped by three powerful but enigmatic forces. Richard Kearney shows, how the human outlook on the world is formed by the mysterious triumvirate of strangers, gods and monsters, |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Strangers, Gods, and monsters |
| ISBN: | 1-134-48387-2 |
| 1-134-48388-0 | |
| 1-280-11390-1 | |
| 0-203-99471-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910806206803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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