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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, C...

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1. Verfasser: Critchley, Simon, 1960-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
Ausgabe:2nd ed.
Schriftenreihe:Warwick studies in European philosophy.
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Zusammenfassung: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 St.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxviii, 276 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-269) and index.
ISBN:0203462939
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