The Doppelganger or Double presents literature as the "double" of
philosophy. There are historical reasons for this. The genesis of
the Doppelganger is literature's response to the philosophical
focus on subjectivity. The Doppelganger was coined by the German
author Jean Paul in 1796 as a critique of Idealism's assertion of
subjective autonomy, individuality and human agency. This critique
prefigures post-War extrapolations of the subject as decentred.
From this perspective, the Doppelganger has a "family resemblance"
to current conceptualizations of subjectivity. It becomes the
emblematic subject of modernity. This is the first significant
study on the Doppelganger's influence on philosophical thought. The
Doppelganger emerges as a hidden and unexplored element both in
conceptions of subjectivity and in philosophy's relation to
literature. Vardoulakis demonstrates this by employing the
Doppelganger to read literature philosophically and to read
philosophy as literature. The Doppelganger then appears
instrumental in the self-conception of both literature and
philosophy.
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