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MODERN THOUGHT IN PAIN
Simon Morgan Wortham
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Hardcover. Through a series of rigorous encounters with key critical figures, this monograph argues that modern thought is, in a double sense, the thought of pain. It offers a systematic account of the modern European tradition's relationship to the question of pain and suffering, and new interpretation of "ethics" and "evil". Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; HPN; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 13. Weight in Grams: 400.
This book analyses how modern conceptions of ethics, psychoanalysis and aesthetics are linked through the question of pain. Through a series of rigorous encounters with key critical figures, this monograph argues that modern thought is, in a double sense, the thought of pain. This book argues that modern European philosophy after Kant offers less the conceptual equipment to tackle pain in explanatory terms, than an experience of thought that participates in the forms of pain and suffering about which it speaks. Perhaps surprisingly, the question of pain establishes a ground from which to examine key debates in 20th-century European philosophy, ... Read more
This book analyses how modern conceptions of ethics, psychoanalysis and aesthetics are linked through the question of pain. Through a series of rigorous encounters with key critical figures, this monograph argues that modern thought is, in a double sense, the thought of pain. This book argues that modern European philosophy after Kant offers less the conceptual equipment to tackle pain in explanatory terms, than an experience of thought that participates in the forms of pain and suffering about which it speaks. Perhaps surprisingly, the question of pain establishes a ground from which to examine key debates in 20th-century European philosophy, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
The Frontiers of Theory
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748692415
SKU
V9780748692415
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About Simon Morgan Wortham
Simon Morgan Wortham is Professor of English and Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Kingston University and Co-Director of the London Graduate School.
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