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Hardback. Condition: New. At present, the name and writings of Philip Rieff (1922-2006) hang under a sign of neglect. This book is an attempt to identify precisely what has been lost through this lack of critical attention, arguing that Rieff's lifework marks a singular contribution to the fields of reactionary apocalyptics and social and cultural studies. Providing a working definition for the horizon of contemporary Jewish philosophy, this book also suggests how Rieff uniquely contributes to this field of speculative inquiry with an insufficiently appreciated, but essential, theory of psycho-theology.…

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Festeinband. Condition: Wie neu. 272 Seiten ; 22 cm Tadelloses Exemplar. - Table of Contents -- Preface 7 -- Introduction13 -- Beckett - Critical Literature13 -- Subject as Dilemma16 -- Metaphysical Experience 29 -- The Rhetoric of Impossibility32 -- Hearing Subject 37 -- PART ONE -- DEMONS OF DESCARTES 41 -- Chapter One Mistaken Consciousness / Consciousness in Distress 41 -- Necessity to Look, Necessity to Speak 43 -- Se voir 46 -- Illusion of Autonomy 49 -- Necessity of Telling 51 -- Contemplating Emptiness53 -- Chapter Two The Invention of Time or the Trap of Consciousness 55 -- The Illness of Time 55 -- Painful Habit 61 -- Subjectivity and Falsehood 64 -- Assisting in Ones Own Absence69 -- PART TWO -- VOICE AND DEATH 73 -- Chapter One A Persistent Trace Inside of Silence75 -- The Voice and Non-Speech80 -- Lethal Beginnings 85 -- Consciousness and the Destruction of the Voice 89 -- The Ontology of Sound 92 -- The Stage of Life, the Stage of Consciousness98 -- Chapter Two Between Nameless and Unnamable 105 -- The Subject that Disappears 108 -- The Gesture of Death 113 -- Trapped in Language 116 -- Il faut continuer123 -- PART THREE -- LONG HOURS OF DARKNESS THE SUBJECT IN CRISIS 131 -- Chapter One Against the Event133 -- Genesis of the Event Between Repetition and Difference 133 -- Language - Immaterial Materiality147 -- The Absolute Event, the Impossible Event151 -- Chapter Two Laughter and the Inexpressible160 -- The Reality of the Mouth160 -- Laughter and Death162 -- Outside of Presence165 -- Illumination of the Face169 -- The Explosion of the Poem173 -- The Time Syncope177 -- Nothingness and Game180 -- Reversed Theology183 -- Chapter Three Objective Suffering192 -- Mad Moment192 -- The Speech of Suffering198 -- PART FOUR -- DREAMS OF STABILITY 207 -- Chapter one Poetry of absence 207 -- Sense as a Fable 207 -- The Place of the Imagination 216 -- Beyond the Power of Sight, or the Presence of Absence222 -- In the Rhythm of Death 231 -- Chapter Two Existence as Correction 238 -- The Real - Between Light and Darkness 238 -- The Crisis of Self-Representation - From Intention -- to Description 243 -- Still as Neutrality 248 -- The Sound to Come 252 -- How to Say It? 254 -- Bibliography 261 ISBN 9783631627273 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 711.…

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Condition: New. At present, the name and writings of Philip Rieff (1922-2006) hang under a sign of neglect. This book presents an attempt to identify precisely what has been lost through this lack of critical attention, arguing that Rieff's lifework marks a singular contribution to the fields of reactionary apocalyptics and social and cultural studies. Series: Studies in Social Sciences, Philosophy and History of Ideas. Num Pages: 157 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HR; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312. . 2013. New edition. Hardcover. . . . .…

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Condition: New. At present, the name and writings of Philip Rieff (1922-2006) hang under a sign of neglect. This book presents an attempt to identify precisely what has been lost through this lack of critical attention, arguing that Rieff's lifework marks a singular contribution to the fields of reactionary apocalyptics and social and cultural studies. Series: Studies in Social Sciences, Philosophy and History of Ideas. Num Pages: 157 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HR; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312. . 2013. New edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

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Buch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - At present, the name and writings of Philip Rieff (1922-2006) hang under a sign of neglect. This book is an attempt to identify precisely what has been lost through this lack of critical attention, arguing that Rieff's lifework marks a singular contribution to the fields of reactionary apocalyptics and social and cultural studies. Providing a working definition for the horizon of contemporary Jewish philosophy, this book also suggests how Rieff uniquely contributes to this field of speculative inquiry with an insufficiently appreciated, but essential, theory of psycho-theology.…

Hardback. Condition: New. At present, the name and writings of Philip Rieff (1922-2006) hang under a sign of neglect. This book is an attempt to identify precisely what has been lost through this lack of critical attention, arguing that Rieff's lifework marks a singular contribution to the fields of reactionary apocalyptics and social and cultural studies. Providing a working definition for the horizon of contemporary Jewish philosophy, this book also suggests how Rieff uniquely contributes to this field of speculative inquiry with an insufficiently appreciated, but essential, theory of psycho-theology.…

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Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -At present, the name and writings of Philip Rieff (1922-2006) hang under a sign of neglect. This book is an attempt to identify precisely what has been lost through this lack of critical attention, arguing that Rieff's lifework marks a singular contribution to the fields of reactionary apocalyptics and social and cultural studies. Providing a working definition for the horizon of contemporary Jewish philosophy, this book also suggests how Rieff uniquely contributes to this field of speculative inquiry with an insufficiently appreciated, but essential, theory of psycho-theology 160 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -At present, the name and writings of Philip Rieff (1922-2006) hang under a sign of neglect. This book is an attempt to identify precisely what has been lost through this lack of critical attention, arguing that Rieff¿s lifework marks a singular contribution to the fields of reactionary apocalyptics and social and cultural studies. Providing a working definition for the horizon of contemporary Jewish philosophy, this book also suggests how Rieff uniquely contributes to this field of speculative inquiry with an insufficiently appreciated, but essential, theory of psycho-theologyLang, Peter GmbH, Gontardstraße 11, 10178 Berlin 160 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Fire Backstage | Philip Rieff and the Monastery of Culture | Christopher Cain Elliott | Buch | Gebunden | Englisch | 2013 | Peter Lang | EAN 9783631644102 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Lang, Peter GmbH, Gontardstr. 11, 10178 Berlin, r[dot]boehm-korff[at]peterlang[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…