Philosophy of exaggeration / Alexander García Düttmann ; translated by James Philips.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

García Düttmann, Alexander.

Series:

Continuum studies in continental philosophy

Continuum studies in Continental philosophy

Standardized Title:

Philosophie der Übertreibung. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Exaggeration (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

182 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, [2007]

Language Note:

Translated from the German.

Summary:

'Thought always exaggerates' Hannah Arendt writes. The question of exaggeration becomes a philosophical question when thought endeavours to clarify the ways in which it relates to limits. If disclosing force depends on exaggeration, so does the confusion to which it can fall prey. This book analyses concepts of truth and trust, practices of politics and art, and experiences from the viewpoint of exaggeration.

Contents:

Splendour and misery of exaggeration : an introduction

Thinking as gesture : exaggeration and philosophy

Trust me : exaggeration and enlightenment

Odd moves : exaggeration and irony

The violence of destruction : exaggeration and infinity

? and ? end? : exaggeration and politics

Being guilty : exaggeration and factuality

Flight simulator : exaggeration and trauma

The obvious : exaggeration and self-evidence

Blow job : exaggeration and institution

Old opera : exaggeration and art

Life lines : exaggeration and event

Lexical note.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [149]-174) and index.

ISBN:

9780826495624

0826495621

OCLC:

72871289