The doppelgänger : literature's philosophy / Dimitris Vardoulakis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vardoulakis, Dimitris.

Series:

Modern Language Initiative

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature--Philosophy.

Literature.

Philosophy.

Subject (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

The Doppelgänger or Double presents literature as the "double" of philosophy. There are historical reasons for this. The genesis of the Doppelgänger is literature's response to the philosophical focus on subjectivity. The Doppelgänger was coined by the German author Jean Paul in 1796 as a critique of Idealism's assertion of subjective autonomy, individuality and human agency. This critique prefigures post-War extrapolations of the subject as decentred. From this perspective, the Doppelgänger has a "family resemblance" to current conceptualizations of subjectivity. It becomes the emblematic subject of modernity. This is the first significant study on the Doppelgänger's influence on philosophical thought. The Doppelgänger emerges as a hidden and unexplored element both in conceptions of subjectivity and in philosophy's relation to literature. Vardoulakis demonstrates this by employing the Doppelgänger to read literature philosophically and to read philosophy as literature. The Doppelgänger then appears instrumental in the self-conception of both literature and philosophy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Preamble, or An Other Opening

Introduction, or The Reflections of the Doppelgänger

Chapter One. The Critique of Loneliness

Chapter Two. The Subject of Modernity

Chapter Three. The Task of the Doppelgänger

Chapter Four. The Politics of the Doppelgänger

Chapter Five. Self-Inscriptions

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9786613297174

9780823235698

0823235696

9781283297172

1283297175

9780823238392

0823238393

9780823233007

0823233006

OCLC:

801363450