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Modernism and Nihilism - (Modernism And...) by S Weller (Hardcover)

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Focusing on a wide range of philosophers and writers, from Nietzsche to Derrida and Flaubert to Borges, this book charts the history of the deployment of the concept of nihilism within the discourses of philosophical and aesthetic modernism and considers the similarities and differences between modernist and postmodernist approaches to nihilism.
About the Author: SHANE WELLER is Professor of Comparative Literature and Co-Director of the Centre for Modern European Literature at the University of Kent, UK.
182 Pages
Philosophy, Movements
Series Name: Modernism And...

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Focusing on a wide range of philosophers and writers, from Nietzsche to Derrida and Flaubert to Borges, this book charts the history of the deployment of the concept of nihilism within the discourses of philosophical and aesthetic modernism and considers the similarities and differences between modernist and postmodernist approaches to nihilism.

About the Author

SHANE WELLER is Professor of Comparative Literature and Co-Director of the Centre for Modern European Literature at the University of Kent, UK. His publications include A Taste for the Negative: Beckett and Nihilism (2005), Beckett, Literature, and the Ethics of Alterity (2006), and Literature, Philosophy, Nihilism: The Uncanniest of Guests (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008).

Dimensions (Overall): 7.8 Inches (H) x 5.3 Inches (W) x .6 Inches (D)

Weight: .61 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 182

Genre: Philosophy

Sub-Genre: Movements

Series Title: Modernism And...

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

Theme: General

Format: Hardcover

Author: S Weller

Language: English

Street Date: December 8, 2010

TCIN: 1006477339

UPC: 9780230231030

Item Number (DPCI): 247-38-5676

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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