"Kant's dog provides fresh insight into Borge's preoccupation with the contradiction of the time that passes and the identity that endures. By developing the implicit logic of the Borgesian archive, which is most often figured as the universal demand for the necessary impossibility of...

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1. Verfasser:	Johnson, David E., 1959-
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2012.
Schriftenreihe:	SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture.
Schlagworte:	Borges, Jorge Luis, > 1899-1986 > Philosophy. Kant, Immanuel, > 1724-1804. Borges, Jorge Luis, > 1899-1986 Kant, Immanuel, > 1724-1804 1900-1999 Philosophy in literature. Translating and interpreting. Argentine literature > 20th century > History and criticism. Philosophie dans la littérature. Littérature argentine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique. LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Spanish & Portuguese. Argentine literature Philosophy Philosophy in literature Translating and interpreting Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online-Zugang:	Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	"Kant's dog provides fresh insight into Borge's preoccupation with the contradiction of the time that passes and the identity that endures. By developing the implicit logic of the Borgesian archive, which is most often figured as the universal demand for the necessary impossibility of translation, Kant's dog is able to spell out Borges's responses to the philosophical problems that most concerned him, those of the constitution of time, eternity, and identity; the determination of original and copy; the legitimacy of authority; experience; the nature of language and the possibility of a decision; and the name of God. Kant's dog offers original interpretations of several of Borges's best known and most important stories and the works of key figures in the history of philosophy, including Aristotle, Saint Paul, Maimonides, Hume, Locke, Kant, Heidegger, and Derrida. This study outlines Borges's curious relationship to literature and philosophy and, through a reconsideration of the relation between necessity and accident, opens the question of the constitution of philosophy and literature. The afterword develops the logic of translation toward the secret at the heart of every culture in order to posit a Borgesian challenge to anthroplogy and cultural studies."--Book cover
Beschreibung:	1 online resource
Bibliographie:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781461907350 1461907357 9781438442662 1438442661