Philosophy : Metaphysics

Leopoldo Marechal has become a chosen precursor of many contemporary Argentine writers, cineastes, and intellectuals, and so his novels - universally recognized but rarely studied - demand treatment from a contemporary critical sensibility. This study departs from the line of criticism that reads Marechal as a Christian apologist, arguing instead that Marechal's 'metaphysical' novels are really metafictional, ludic exercises informed by ironic scepticism. more...

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Weston argues that, despite being seen as a precursor to Nietzsche, Heidegger and Derrida, the radical nature of Kierkegaard's critique of philosophy has been missed. An explanation of ethics, metaphysics, and modern European thought. more...

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Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks painlessly introduce students to the classic works of philosophy. Each GuideBook considers a major philosopher and a key area of their philosophy by focusing upon an important text - situating the philosopher and work in a historical context, considering the text in question and assessing the philosopher's contribution to contemporary thought. more...

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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Locke on Human Understanding introduces John Locke and his major work, Essay Concerning Human Understanding. Locke's Essay remains a key work in a number of fields of philosophy, notably in epistemology, metaphysics and the philosophies of mind and language. more...

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Man as a Place of God is an examination of Levinas? philosophy of religion in the light of his ethics and anthropology. It provides a lively introduction to the main themes of Levinas? thought and offers critical perspectives on Levinas by relating his work to that of Heidegger, Ricoeur, Rorty, Derrida and Vattimo. The focus of interpretation is the hermeneutics of ?kenosis?: the subject's ability to be open towards the other to the point where man can be seen as a place of ?God?, a place where the infinite attains to finite existence. Does this mean that the kenotic subject totally disappears from the arena of his own life, to reach out for a sublime existence that is no longer of ?this world? ? as in the philosophy of Plato, Plotinus and certain mystical thinkers? This book will argue the reverse: the kenotic sublimity developed by Levinas is in keeping with ethics, and even with concrete acts of responsibility. Also, it refers to a certain idea of God, who comes into being in a ?kenotic? way: by giving himself in the ethical experience of man and woman, regardless of their culture and religious beliefs. more...

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