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Against Reason : Schopenhauer, Beckett and the Aesthetics of Irreducibility.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barron, Anthony.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy in literature.
- Philosophical anthropology in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (385 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hannover : Ibidem Verlag, 2017.
- Summary:
- This scholarly work by Dr. Anthony Barron examines the profound philosophical and artistic interplay between Samuel Beckett and Arthur Schopenhauer, exploring how Beckett's literary works were influenced by Schopenhauer's philosophy of pessimism, individual perception, and the 'Will.' The book delves into Beckett’s relationship with Schopenhauer’s ideas from the early 1930s, detailed through Beckett’s writings, notebooks, and correspondence. Barron provides critical analysis of Beckett’s early works, including 'Dream of Fair to Middling Women' and 'More Pricks Than Kicks,' and traces their philosophical underpinnings through later works like 'Murphy' and 'Watt.' The study highlights Beckett’s rejection of traditional reasoning and his use of art to engage with conceptual thought. This comprehensive monograph contributes significantly to Beckett studies and modernist philosophy, appealing to scholars of literature and philosophy. Generated by AI.
- Contents:
- Foreword
- Works Cited
- Abstract
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Contents
- Abbreviations
- Works by Samuel Beckett
- Works by Arthur Schopenhauer
- Other Works
- Library Archives
- Notes on the Text
- Introduction
- Definitions + Paradigms
- Concepts of Influence
- Against Reductionism
- Suffering and Solitude
- The Hermeneutics of Pain
- Outline
- Chapter 1 The Aesthetics of Ambiguity
- Vain Reasonings
- The Irreducible Aesthetic
- The Primacy of the Percept
- The Palliation of Life
- Archetypal Visions
- Stating the Particular
- Between Ennui and Desire
- The Proustian Ideal
- The Ablation of Desire
- The Suffering of Being
- The Impenetrable Without Generated by AI.
- Notes:
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- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 3-8382-9394-0
- OCLC:
- 1526862692
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