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Strangers, Gods, and monsters : interpreting otherness / Richard Kearney.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kearney, Richard.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Identity (Philosophical concept).
- Identity (Psychology).
- Difference (Philosophy).
- Difference (Psychology).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is a fascinating look at how human identity is shaped by three powerful but enigmatic forces. Richard Kearney shows, how the human outlook on the world is formed by the mysterious triumvirate of strangers, gods and monsters,
- Contents:
- 1. Strangers and scapegoats
- 2. Rights of sacrifice
- 3. Aliens and others
- 4. Evil, monstrosity and the sublime
- 5. On terror
- 6. Hamlet's ghosts : from Shakespeare to Joyce
- 7. Melancholy : between gods and monsters
- 8. The immemorial : a task of narrative
- 9. God or Khora
- 10. Last gods and final things : faith and philosophy.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-291) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-48387-2
- 1-134-48388-0
- 1-280-11390-1
- 0-203-99471-X
- 9780203994719
- OCLC:
- 299571736
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