Very Little ...Almost Nothing puts the question of the meaning of life back at the centre of intellectual debate. Its central concern is how we can find a meaning to human finitude without recourse to anything that transcends that finitude. A profound but secular meditation on the theme of death, Critchley traces the idea of nihilism through Blanchot, Levinas, Jena Romanticism ...(展开全部)

Very Little ...Almost Nothing puts the question of the meaning of life back at the centre of intellectual debate. Its central concern is how we can find a meaning to human finitude without recourse to anything that transcends that finitude. A profound but secular meditation on the theme of death, Critchley traces the idea of nihilism through Blanchot, Levinas, Jena Romanticism ...(展开全部)

Through examination of the death penalty in literature, Aaron Aquilina contests Heidegger’s concept of ‘being-towards-death’ and proposes a new understanding of the political and philosophical subject. Dickens, Nabokov, Hugo, Sophocles and many others explore capital punishment in their works, from Antigone to Invitation to a Beheading. Using these varied case studies, Aquilina...(展开全部)

Through examination of the death penalty in literature, Aaron Aquilina contests Heidegger’s concept of ‘being-towards-death’ and proposes a new understanding of the political and philosophical subject. Dickens, Nabokov, Hugo, Sophocles and many others explore capital punishment in their works, from Antigone to Invitation to a Beheading. Using these varied case studies, Aquilina...(展开全部)

This volume brings together Martha Nussbaum's published papers, some revised for this collection, on the relationship between literature and philosophy, especially moral philosophy. It also includes two new essays and a substantial Introduction. The papers, many of them previously not readily available to non-specialist readers, explore such fundamental issues as the relationsh...(展开全部)

This volume brings together Martha Nussbaum's published papers, some revised for this collection, on the relationship between literature and philosophy, especially moral philosophy. It also includes two new essays and a substantial Introduction. The papers, many of them previously not readily available to non-specialist readers, explore such fundamental issues as the relationsh...(展开全部)

[美]托马斯·E.沃顿伯格（Thomas E. Wartenberg） 美国曼荷莲学院哲学系荣誉退休教授。2011年荣获美国哲学协会和哲学文献中心数据库联合颁发的哲学工程卓越创新奖，2013年荣获梅里特奖。从事儿童哲学的研究和教学二十多年。

[美]托马斯·E.沃顿伯格（Thomas E. Wartenberg） 美国曼荷莲学院哲学系荣誉退休教授。2011年荣获美国哲学协会和哲学文献中心数据库联合颁发的哲学工程卓越创新奖，2013年荣获梅里特奖。从事儿童哲学的研究和教学二十多年。

[美]托马斯·E.沃顿伯格（Thomas E. Wartenberg） 美国曼荷莲学院哲学系荣誉退休教授。2011年荣获美国哲学协会和哲学文献中心数据库联合颁发的哲学工程卓越创新奖，2013年荣获梅里特奖。从事儿童哲学的研究和教学二十多年。

[美]托马斯·E.沃顿伯格（Thomas E. Wartenberg） 美国曼荷莲学院哲学系荣誉退休教授。2011年荣获美国哲学协会和哲学文献中心数据库联合颁发的哲学工程卓越创新奖，2013年荣获梅里特奖。从事儿童哲学的研究和教学二十多年。