RT Book
T1 Vagaries of desire: a collection of philosophical essays
T2 Value Inquiry Book Series
T2 Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004390898
A1 Airaksinen, Timo 1947-
LA English
PP Leiden Boston
PB Brill | Rodopi
YR 2019
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1850581371
AB Vagaries of Desire is a major collection of new essays by Timo Airaksinen on the philosophy of desire. The first part develops a novel account of the philosophical theory of desire, including Girard. The second part discusses Kafka's main works, namely The Castle, The Trial, and Amerika, and Thomas Hobbes and the problems of intentionality. The text develops such linguistic tropes as metaphor and metonymy in connection with topics like death and then applies them to Kafka's texts. The third part makes an effort to understand the mysteries of sadism and masochism in philosophical and rhetorical terms. The last article criticizes Thomas Nagel's influential account of sexual perversion and develops a viable alternative
NO Includes index
CN B105.D44
SN 978-90-04-41030-5
K1 Desire (Philosophy)