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The ethics of writing : authorship and legacy in Plato and Nietzsche / Sean Burke.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burke, Seán, 1921-1994.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Authorship--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Authorship.
- Authors and readers.
- Criticism--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 243 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The ethical question is the question of our times. Within critical theory it has focused on the act of reading. This original and courageous study reverses the terms of inquiry to analyse the ethical composition of the act of writing.
- Contents:
- Introduction : The responsibilities of the writer
- The ethical opening
- The ethics of legacy
- Signature and authorship in the Phaedrus
- The textual estate : Nietzsche and authorial responsibility
- Conclusion : Creativity versus containment : the aesthetic defence.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-7486-8684-3
- 0-7486-5207-8
- 1-281-25204-2
- 9786611252045
- 0-7486-2886-X
- OCLC:
- 476144873
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