| The Hidden God: A Study of Tragic Vision in the Pensées of Pascal and the Tragedies of Racine Contributor(s): Goldmann, Lucien (Author), Lowy, Michael (Preface by), Thody, Philip (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1781689768 ISBN-13: 9781781689769 Publisher: Verso OUR PRICE: $99.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Religious - Religion | Philosophy - Literary Criticism | European - French |
| Dewey: 840.9 |
| LCCN: 2016479198 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.8" W x 8.6" (1.40 lbs) 464 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A new edition of a major philosophical work This remarkable text, first published in 1964, was a landmark of its era and remains, in the words of Michael L wy, a work of "remarkable richness." Drawing on Georg Luk cs' History and Class Consciousness, Lucien Goldmann applies the concept of "world visions" to flesh out the similarities between Pascal's Pens es and Kant's critical philosophy, contrasting them with the rationalism of Descartes and the empiricism of Hume. For Goldmann, a leading exponent of the most fruitful method of applying Marxist ideas to literary and philosophical problems, the "tragic vision" marked an important phase in the development of European thought, as it moved from rationalism and empiricism to the dialectical philosophy of Hegel, Marx and Luk cs. Here he offers a general approach to the problems of philosophy, of literary criticism, and of the relationship between thought and action in human society. |