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For more than a century readers have found Herman Melville’s
writing rich with philosophical ideas, yet there has been
relatively little written about what, exactly, is philosophically
significant about his work and why philosophers are so attracted to
Melville in particular. This volume addresses this silence through
a series of essays that: (1) examine various philosophical contexts
for Melville’s work, (2) take seriously Melville’s writings as
philosophy, and (3) consider how modern philosophers have used
Melville and the implications of appropriating Melville for
contemporary thought. Melville among the Philosophers is ultimately
an intervention across literary studies and philosophy that carves
new paths into the work of one of America’s most celebrated
authors, a man who continues to enchant and challenge readers well
into the twenty-first century.
For more than a century readers have found Herman Melville's
writing rich with philosophical ideas, yet there has been
relatively little written about what, exactly, is philosophically
significant about his work and why philosophers are so attracted to
Melville in particular. This volume addresses this silence through
a series of essays that: (1) examine various philosophical contexts
for Melville's work, (2) take seriously Melville's writings as
philosophy, and (3) consider how modern philosophers have used
Melville and the implications of appropriating Melville for
contemporary thought. Melville among the Philosophers is ultimately
an intervention across literary studies and philosophy that carves
new paths into the work of one of America's most celebrated
authors, a man who continues to enchant and challenge readers well
into the twenty-first century.
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