Lev Shestov : philosopher of the sleepless night / Matthew Beaumont.
Lev Shestov : philosopher of the sleepless night / Matthew Beaumont.
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London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.
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G 2021/2831
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English
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200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Preface: Staying Woke and Staying Awake -- Introduction: Athens and Jerusalem -- Chapter 1. Philosophy and Antiphilosophy: Shestov's Life and Thought -- Chapter 2. Angel of History and Angel of Death: Shestov, Bataille, Benjamin -- Chapter 3 The Garden and the Wasteland: The Art of Gethsemane -- Cha...
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London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.
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England
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2021.
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The Jewish philosopher Lev Shestov (1866-1938) is perhaps the great forgotten thinker of the twentieth century, but one whose revival seems timely and urgent in the twenty-first century. An important influence on Georges Bataille, Albert Camus, Gilles Deleuze and many others, Shestov developed a fascinating anti-Enlightenment philosophy that critiq...
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Lev Shestov : philosopher of the sleepless night / Matthew Beaumont.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-193) and index.
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G 2021/2831
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74VKarMNJVwd
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1350151149
9781350151147
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197.2
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991024441623902626
