In this important and highly original book, place, commonality and
judgment provide the framework within which works central to the Greek
philosophical and literary tradition are usefully located and
reinterpreted. Greek life, it can be argued, was defined by the
interconnection of place, commonality and judgment. Similarly within
the Continental philosophical tradition topics such as place,
judgment, law and commonality have had a pervasive centrality. Works
by Jacques Derrida and Giorgio Agamben amongst others attest to the
current exigency of these topics. Yet the ways in which they are
interrelated has been barely discussed within the context of Ancient
Philosophy. The conjecture of this book is that not only are these
terms of genuine philosophical importance in their own right, but they
are also central to Ancient Philosophy. Andrew Benjamin ultimately
therefore aims to underscore the relevance of Ancient Philosophy for
contemporary debates in Continental Philosophy.
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Continental Philosophy and the Ancient Greeks
Product details
ISBN
9781441194336
Published
2015
Edition
1. edition
Publisher
Bloomsbury UK
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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