Reclaiming Wonder : : After the Sublime / / Genevieve Lloyd.
A philosophical exploration of wonder: its history, its present condition and its future potentialGenevieve Lloyd illuminates and challenges some perplexing aspects of contemporary attitudes to wonder. Central to her argument is the claim that wonder has come to be largely eclipsed by the allure of...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Incitements : INCI
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Pause for Thought: Plato and Aristotle on Wonder
- 2 Passion or Distraction? Descartes and Spinoza on Wonder
- 3 Burke and Kant on the Sublime
- 4 Romanticism and the Allure of the Sublime
- 5 Wonder and Stupidity: Flaubert on Romanticism
- 6 Reconnecting with Socratic Wonder: Heidegger and Arendt
- 7 Derrida on Aporia, Time and Mortality
- 8 Political Wonder and Social Critique
- 9 Wonder and Transcendence
- Conclusion: The Future of Wonder
- Bibliography
- Index