Lines of thought : discourse, architectonics, and the origin of modern philosophy / Claudia Brodsky Lacour.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brodsky, Claudia, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Descartes, René, 1596-1650.

Descartes, René.

Architecture and philosophy.

Methodology.

Philosophy, Modern--17th century.

Philosophy, Modern.

Physical Description:

164 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 1996.

Summary:

In the end this book defines modernity as the drawing of a line. It began as a study of Descartes accessory to an ongoing project on the relationship between writing and architectonics in philosophical and literary texts, starting with the theoretical role of architectural form in Kant and Hegel, and then extending chronologically from Racine, Goethe, Holderlin, and Baudelaire to Proust, Benjamin, and Broch.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [151]-160) and index.

ISBN:

082231777X

0822317745

OCLC:

33358900