Modernism, Ethics and the Political Imagination - Living Wrong Life Rightly (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

In this groundbreaking new study, Ben Ware carries out a bold reassessment of the relationship between modernism and ethics, arguing that modernist literature and philosophy offer more than simply a snapshot of the moral conflicts of the past: they provide a crucial point of reference for today's emancipatory struggles. Modernism in this assessment is characterized not only by a concern with language and aesthetic creativity, but also by a preoccupation with the question of how to live. Investigating ethical ideas in Wittgenstein, Beckett, Kierkegaard, Kant, Cavell, Marx, Henry James and Lacan, Ware demonstrates how these thinkers can bring us to a new understanding of a constellation of issues which contemporary radical thought must re-visit: utopia, repetition, perfectionism, subtraction, negativity, critique, absence, duty, revolution and political love. The result is a timely and provocative intervention, which re-draws the boundaries for future debates on the ethics and politics of modernism.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Language, Discourse, Society
Release date:	March 2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Benware
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	186
Edition:	1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-55502-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	1-137-55502-5
Barcode:	9781137555021

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