| Very Little... Almost Nothing: Death, Philosophy, and Literature Contributor(s): Critchley, Simon (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415340497 ISBN-13: 9780415340496 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $49.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2004 Annotation: "Very Little ... Almost Nothing "puts the question of the meaning of life back at the center 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. For 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Philosophy | Aesthetics |
| Dewey: 190 |
| LCCN: 2003026327 |
| Lexile Measure: 1540 |
| Series: Warwick Studies in European Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5.42" W x 8.5" (0.74 lbs) 276 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |