Reclaiming Wonder: After the Sublime

ISBN-13: 9781474433112 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 240 str.

University of N Genevieve (Emeritus Professor in Philosophy

Opis

Genevieve Lloyd illuminates and challenges some perplexing aspects of contemporary attitudes to wonder. She draws especially on Flaubert, who influenced the thought of Jean-Paul Sartre, Gilles Deleuze and Jacques Derrida. She also reaches into contemporary debates on refugees, secularisation and climate change.

Spis treści

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.