Modernism and the Language of Philosophy

by Anat Matar

Modernism can be characterised by the acute attention it gives to language, to its potential and its limitations. Philosophers, artists and literary critics working in the first third of the twentieth century emphasized language's creative potential, but also stressed its inability to express meaning completely and accurately. In particular, modernists shared the belief that the kind of truth sub specie aeterni that was sought by philosophers was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415759021
• ISBN13: 9780415759021
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages