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 Stevens which reflects on the idea of poetry as philosophy.
| ISBN: | 9780415340496 |
| Publication date: | 20th May 2004 |
| Author: | Simon Critchley |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Series: | Warwick Studies in European Philosophy |
| Genres: |
Phenomenology and Existentialism Literary studies: poetry and poets Literary studies: plays and playwrights |
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 Stevens which reflects on the idea of poetry as philosophy.
Very Little, Almost Nothing features in the following genres: Philosophy: aesthetics
Very Little, Almost Nothing is available in Paperback, Hardback
Very Little, Almost Nothing was written by Simon Critchley and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Very Little, Almost Nothing has 256 pages
Yes it is part of Warwick Studies in European Philosophy series
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