The Tragic Discourse
Shestov and Fondane's Existential Thought (European Connections)
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Word Count
73,500 words, Guess
Page Count
294 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL11398043M
- ISBN-139780820480190
- ISBN-100820480193
- OCLC Control Number71255877
- Library of Congress Control Number2007416292
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- Goodreads3174706
Classifications
- LCCB4259.S54 T73 2006
Description
An influential forerunner of French Existentialism, the Russian-born thinker Lev Shestov (1866-1938) elaborated a radical critique of rationalist knowledge and ethics from the point of view of individual human existence. Best known for his ground-breaking comparative studies of Tolstoy and Nietzsche, and of Dostoevsky and Nietzsche, Shestov defined his conception as the 'philosophy of tragedy'. Shestov's philosophical hermeneutics of the literary work of art was later developed and disseminated through the writings of his disciple, the Romanian-born Benjamin Fondane (1898-1944), who was also a poet, filmmaker and playwright. The two authors provided one of the earliest and most consistent critical accounts of Husserlian phenomenology in France. 'The philosophy of tragedy' and its associated notions of 'revolt' and existential truth had a lasting impact on a number of prominent writers and philosophers including Georges Bataille, Andre Gide, Andre Malraux, Albert Camus and Emmanuel Levinas.
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- The Tragic Discourse: Shestov and Fondane's Existential Thought (European Connections)
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