The Cudgel and the Caress: Reflections on Cruelty and Tenderness

by David Farrell Krell

Book Overview

The Cudgel and the Caress explores the enduring significance of tenderness and cruelty in a range of works across philosophy, psychoanalysis, and literature. Divided into two parts, the book initially focuses on tenderness, with David Farrell Krell delivering original readings of Homer's Iliad, Sophocles's Antigone, and writings by H lderlin, Hegel, Freud, and Derrida that deal with the importance of tenderness and the tragic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438472986
• ISBN13: 9781438472980
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"