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Genres of Philosophy (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Genres of Philosophy (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Philosophy is textual - it is written and it is read - yet today
much of philosophy regards itself as a kind of science, sometimes
reducing itself to a species of intellectual bureaucracy. It is
important to see these qualities as having their own aesthetic.
Even realism is a genre. The aesthetic of the empirical and the
bureaucratic, the aesthetic of the rhapsodic and of the clinical
... in each of these the genres of philosophy are as creative as
they ever were. They are productive of worlds, not only worlds of
thought, but 'real worlds' enabled by the technological and other
changes that thought has envisaged. This book explores genres
through the history of philosophy, providing new ways of thinking
about philosophical writing. Exploring a wide range of both
European and analytic philosophers and their works - including
Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Kant, Nietzsche, Deleuze, Wittgenstein,
Derrida and Rorty - Genres of Philosophy explores the reading and
writing of philosophers who themselves read and write, revealing
the textual relation to the history of philosophy. While the focus
of the book is in aesthetics, Ferrell reveals that the interest in
philosophy's writing turns out to be a metaphysical question. The
question becomes one of evaluating the ontological basis for
writing - its subject and its means of expression - within a world
of thought which is presently captivated by a particular aesthetic,
that of the empiricist. Presenting fresh readings of classic texts
in aesthetics, and offering an original approach to the question of
philosophical writing, this unique analysis will prove of
particular interest to readers in European philosophy, the history
of philosophy, aesthetics, and literary studies.
General
Imprint: |
Ashgate Publishing Limited
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
July 2002 |
First published: |
2002 |
Authors: |
Robyn Ferrell
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
160 |
Edition: |
New Ed |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7546-0421-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
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Philosophy >
General
Books >
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General
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LSN: |
0-7546-0421-7 |
Barcode: |
9780754604211 |
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