| Title | : | Very Little ... Almost Nothing |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Simon Critchley |
| Release | : | 2004-07-31 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Philosophy, Books, Nonfiction, Aesthetics |
| Size | : | 1097861 |
| Very Little ... Almost Nothing puts the question of the meaning of life back at the centre of intellectual debate. Its central concern is how we can find a meaning to human finitude without recourse to anything that transcends that finitude. A profound but secular meditation on the theme of death, Critchley traces the idea of nihilism through Blanchot, Levinas, Jena Romanticism and Cavell, culminating in a reading of Beckett, in many ways the hero of the book. In this second edition, Simon Critchley has added a revealing and extended new preface, and a new chapter on Wallace Stevens which reflects on the idea of poetry as philosophy. |
