The Discourse of the Syncope: Logodaedalus

by Jean-Luc Nancy

Book Overview

Why is it that the modern conception of literature begins with one of the worst writers of the philosophical tradition? Such is the paradoxical question that lies at the heart of Jean-Luc Nancy's highly original and now-classic study of the role of language in the critical philosophy of Kant. While Kant did not turn his attention very often to the philosophy of language, Nancy demonstrates to what extent he was anything but oblivious to it. He...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804753539
• ISBN13: 9780804753531
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"