What Is Thinking?: And Other Philosophical Reflections

ISBN-13: 9781032047454 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 144 str.

Saitya Brata Das

Opis

The philosophical essays of this collection argue, each time from a singular perspective, that the task of thinking is to release the element of the unconditional from various closures, and thus to make it manifest as the true and the essential task of our individual and social existence.

Spis treści

1. What is thinking? 2. ...And this palpitation of existence 3. When religion has (not) returned? 4. (Dis)Figures of death: taking the side of Derrida, taking the side of death 5. Derrida’s tympan: mourning, philosophy, literature 6. The abyss of human freedom 7. Wholly otherwise 8. Of force, of rhythm, of melody

O autorze

Saitya Brata Das is Associate Professor at School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.