On the Brink - Language, Time, History, and Politics (Paperback)

As its title suggests, this collections of essays by one of the foremost theorists working today takes as its theme the edge or limit between language, time, history, and politics. These are essays that are all on the brink, about the edge, the very extreme at which one can no longer say where one is located, neither on the cliff, say, nor over the edge. To be on the brink, then, is to take up that extreme limit, the point of contamination or indetermination where language, time, history, and politics all converge upon one another. The book begins with a consideration of Kant's treatment of time as representation, before moving toward more explicitly political themes as it engages political theology and messianism in Hegel and Hoelderlin. The second section explores the questionof language in a variety of manifestations-from translation to complaint and greeting-and through a number of literary and cultural forms, from the work of Mallarme to email. The volume concludes with an interview in which Hamacher offers a revealing overview of his work, beginning with an account of his early writings and moving up to his most recent essays.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Philosophical Projections
Release date:	September 2020
Authors:	Werner Hamacher
Editors:	Jan Plug
Introduction by:	Andrew Benjamin
Dimensions:	220 x 154 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	242
ISBN-13:	978-1-78660-392-0
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
LSN:	1-78660-392-6
Barcode:	9781786603920

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