European Philosophy - General & Miscellaneous, 20th Century French Philosophy, 20th Century French Literature - Literary Criticism
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Synopsis
Radical Passivity examines the notion of passivity in the work of Levinas, Blanchot, and Agamben, three thinkers of exceptional intellectual privacy whose writings have decidedly altered the literary and philosophical cultures of our era. Placing their use of passivity in the context of Heidegger and Kant, Wall argues that any philosophical understanding of Levinas’s ethics, Blanchot’s aesthetics, or Agamben’s community must begin with an understanding of a “logic” of passivity that in fact originates (in the modern era at least) in Kant’s analysis of the transcendental schema.Editorials
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Not an example: the book was actually written. It examines the notion of passivity in the three modern thinkers and places the topic in the context of Heidegger and Kant. Wall argues that any philosophical understanding of Levinas' ethics, Blanchot's aesthetics, or Agamben's community must begin with an understanding of a logic of passivity that emerged into western thought through Kant's analysis of the transcendental schema. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
December 1, 1999
Publisher
State University of New York Press
Pages
208
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780791440483