The Romanticism of Contemporary Theory: Institution, Aesthetics, Nihilism

by Justin Clemens

Using Phillipe Lacoue-Labarthe and Jean-Luc Nancy's groundbreaking study of the persistence of German Idealist philosophy as his starting point, Justin Clemens presents a valuable study of the links between Romanticism and contemporary theory. The central contention of this book is that contemporary theory is still essentially Romantic - despite all its declarations to the contrary, and despite all its attempts to elude or exceed the limits bequeathed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754608751
• ISBN13: 9780754608752
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"