Stephen Gingerich This Side of Philosophy (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Further DetailsTitle: This Side of PhilosophyCondition: NewFormat: PaperbackSubtitle: Literature and Thinking in Twentieth-Century Spanish LettersISBN-10: 1438492200EAN: 9781438492209ISBN: 9781438492209Publisher: State University of New York PressRelease Date: 08/02/2023Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 25mmItem Weight: 227gAuthor: Stephen GingerichGenre: Literary CriticismBook Series: SUNY series, Literature . . . in TheoryTopic: Philosophy & SpiritualityType: Literary Theory & MovementsDescription: Struck by the contrast between the prestige of their literary tradition and their apparent philosophical insignificance, modern writers from Spain have devoted themselves to exploring the relation between literature and philosophy. This Side of Philosophy focuses on four major authors—Miguel de Unamuno, José Ortega y Gasset, Antonio Machado, and María Zambrano—who engage literary resources in order to reach beyond philosophy to the essential sources of life. Connecting their work to that of other European thinkers dedicated to illuminating the fertile interaction of literature and philosophy—especially Plato, Schlegel, Heidegger, and Derrida—Stephen Gingerich makes a case for the relevance of Spanish thought to contemporary efforts to expand the ethical and theoretical powers of thinking through literature. At the same time, Gingerich challenges the conventional view that contemporary Spanish thought fuses or reconciles literature and philosophy, instead discerning a call to appreciate their difference in relation. For these writers, literature and philosophy are repulsed by each other as inexorably as they are drawn together.Release Year: 2023

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