Author

Publication

1995 - State University of New York Press, Albany, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

69,750 words, Guess

Page Count

279 pages

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • DDC193
  • LCCB3318.H87 L48 1995

Description

Levine argues that Strauss and Derrida have much in common, including an idealist, reified concept of culture that both inherited from Nietzsche. Levine interprets all of Nietzsche's basic doctrines in terms of this concept. Nietzsche's definition of culture produced epistemological and moral dilemmas for him and his followers, and encouraged them to devise alternatives to mainstream humanities. Levine, however, offers an alternative paradigm of culture that better fits the data and allows us to understand and defend the humanities as a source of value.

Subjects

Topics

KriseHumanioraHumanitiesHumanities.GeisteswissenschaftenConcept of the humanitiesNietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.

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