Place, commonality and judgement : continental philosophy and the ancient Greeks /
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Author / Creator: | Benjamin, Andrew E. |
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Imprint: | London ; New York : Continuum, ©2010. |
Description: | 1 online resource (186 pages) |
Language: | English |
Series: | Continuum studies in continental philosophy Continuum studies in continental philosophy. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11245104 |
Summary: | In this important and highly original book, place, commonality and judgment provide the framework within which works central to the Greek philosophical and literary tradition are usefully located and reinterpreted. Greek life, it can be argued, was defined by the interconnection of place, commonality and judgment. Similarly within the Continental philosophical tradition topics such as place, judgment, law and commonality have had a pervasive centrality. Works by Jacques Derrida and Giorgio Agamben amongst others attest to the current exigency of these topics. Yet the ways in which they are interrelated has been barely discussed within the context of Ancient Philosophy. The conjecture of this book is that not only are these terms of genuine philosophical importance in their own right, but they are also central to Ancient Philosophy. Andrew Benjamin ultimately therefore aims to underscore the relevance of Ancient Philosophy for contemporary debates in Continental Philosophy. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (186 pages) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781441194336 1441194339 9781441176806 1441176802 9781472547316 1472547314 9781441112873 9781441138774 1282948075 9781282948075 9786612948077 6612948078 |