Review "A broad, erudite knowledge of the many literary and intellectual lines of force which criss-cross Blanchot's substantial oeuvre." -- Ian Pindar, Times Literary Supplement "Bruns' study is the first in-depth study in English devoted to Blanchot's thought and, for want of a better word, theory. It is overdue and most welcome." -- Michael Bishop, Dalhousie French Studies "...(展开全部)

Jacques Derrida, Paul de Man, Michel Foucault, Roland Barthes, Gilles Deleuze - all are theorists crucially influenced by Blanchot's work. This guide examines Blanchot's work on an idea-by-idea basis,anchoring each in historical and intellectual contexts; examines Blanchot's understanding of literature, death, ethics and politics and the relationship between these themes; unrav...(展开全部)

This timely collection of essays is the first to be written on the work of Maurice Blanchot in English. One of the finest writers of our time, Blanchot is a contemporary of Bataille and Levinas; his writing has influenced the likes of Derrida and Foucault. Eminent commentators featured here include: Simon Critchley, Paul Davies, Cristopher Fynsk, Rodolphe Gasche, Leslie Hill, ...(展开全部)

A profound reconsideration of how Blanchot work figures theologically in some of the major currents of twentieth-century thought. Hart reveals Blanchot to be a thinker devoted to the possibilities of a spiritual life with the possibilities of leading an ethical life in the absence of God.

A profound reconsideration of how Blanchot work figures theologically in some of the major currents of twentieth-century thought. Hart reveals Blanchot to be a thinker devoted to the possibilities of a spiritual life with the possibilities of leading an ethical life in the absence of God.

"Je m'assois à la table ronde du salon. Je suis là à la demande d'Antoine Gallimard pour examiner, en compagnie de Philippe D. , les papiers d'un des écrivains qui ont le plus compté pour les écrivains de ma génération - un de ceux qui m'ont appris à lire, dès l'âge de dix-huit ans, rendant possible le fait même d'écrire, non sans que se nouât un rapport d'identification que la...(展开全部)

This book grew out of a sense that contemporary philosophy lacks a self-image that does it justice. Of the self-images that philosophy inherited from the twentieth century, the most prominent – natural-ism, the linguistic turn, postmodern irony, and so on – seemed obviously inadequate to most of the most interesting work in contemporary philosophy: as descriptions, false when b...(展开全部)

The second volume in the Blackwell Brown Lectures in Philosophy, this volume offers an original and provocative take on the nature and methodology of philosophy. * Based on public lectures at Brown University, given by the pre-eminent philosopher, Timothy Williamson* Rejects the ideology of the 'linguistic turn', the most distinctive trend of 20th century philosophy* Explains ...(展开全部)

The second volume in the Blackwell Brown Lectures in Philosophy, this volume offers an original and provocative take on the nature and methodology of philosophy. * Based on public lectures at Brown University, given by the pre-eminent philosopher, Timothy Williamson* Rejects the ideology of the 'linguistic turn', the most distinctive trend of 20th century philosophy* Explains ...(展开全部)

This book grew out of a sense that contemporary philosophy lacks a self-image that does it justice. Of the self-images that philosophy inherited from the twentieth century, the most prominent – natural-ism, the linguistic turn, postmodern irony, and so on – seemed obviously inadequate to most of the most interesting work in contemporary philosophy: as descriptions, false when b...(展开全部)