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Irony, misogyny and interpretation : ambiguous authority in Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche / by Tom Grimwood.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grimwood, Tom (Thomas David)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Misogyny--Philosophy.
- Misogyny.
- Irony.
- Semantics (Philosophy).
- Philosophy, German--19th century.
- Philosophy, German.
- Philosophy, Danish--19th century.
- Philosophy, Danish.
- Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860. On women.
- Schopenhauer, Arthur.
- Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900. Woman and child.
- Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm.
- Kierkegaard, Sren, 1813-1855. In vino veritas.
- Kierkegaard, Sren.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (178 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- What is it to claim that "misogyny" might be "ironic"? Why is it that, in the works of Nietzsche, Kierkegaard and Schopenhauer, the possibility of irony constantly interferes with a conclusive ethical judgement over the meaning of their "misogyny"? How do we hold our interpretations of such ambiguous texts ethically accountable? This book brings together the driving concerns of hermeneutics, feminist philosophy and the history of philosophy in dealing with the "problem of irony". It develops...
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-168) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-4379-2
- OCLC:
- 823722094
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