Vagaries of desire: a collection of philosophical essays
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 Th...
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| 格式: | 電子 圖書 |
| 語言: | English |
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| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Leiden Boston
Brill | Rodopi
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| 叢編: | Value Inquiry Book Series
volume340 Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004390898 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Girard, René 1923-2015
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| Further subjects: | B
Desire (Philosophy)
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| 在線閱讀: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Vagaries of desire: a collection of philosophical essays. - Leiden Boston: Brill | Rodopi, 2019 |
| 總結: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes index |
| 實物描述: | 1 Online-Ressource |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-41030-5 |
