Blanchot: Extreme Contemporary

by Leslie Hill

Book Overview

Blanchot provides a compelling insight into one of the key figures in the development of postmodern thought. Although Blanchot's work is characterised by a fragmentary and complex style, Leslie Hill introduces clearly and accessibly the key themes in his work. He shows how Blanchot questions the very existence of philosophy and literature and how we may distinguish between them, stresses the importance of his political writings and the relationship...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041509173X
• ISBN13: 9780415091732
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"