The concept of the Absurd was a source of fascination for artists and intellectuals throughout the twentieth century. Two interpretations in particular were to provide major reference points for French writers in the 1920s and 1930s: the Surrealist 'free functioning of thought', and the existential critique of rational discourse elaborated by LEon Chestov (1866-1938) and Benjamin Fondane (1898-1944). In this highly original study, Fotiade examines the less familiar existential line, and shows that Chestov and Fondane's project found support and illustration in the force-field of the...
The concept of the Absurd was a source of fascination for artists and intellectuals throughout the twentieth century. Two interpretations in particula...
Cet ouvrage propose la premiA]re approche comparative des oeuvres philosophiques de LA(c)on Chestov et de Vladimir JankA(c)lA(c)vitch A travers une analyse de leurs principaux thA]mes de rA(c)flexion, notamment l''irrA(c)versibilitA(c), la mort et l''exploration des frontiA]res subtiles sA(c)parant le rationnel et l''irrationnel. Chez l''un comme chez l''autre, la pensA(c)e conceptuelle est poussA(c)e vers ses retranchements pour affronter l''inexprimable. La philosophie doit troubler les hommes et non pas les tranquilliser A(c)crit LA(c)on Chestov dans Sur les confins de la vie. Notre...
Cet ouvrage propose la premiA]re approche comparative des oeuvres philosophiques de LA(c)on Chestov et de Vladimir JankA(c)lA(c)vitch A travers une an...
One of the most charismatic feature films of the New Wave, A Bout de souffle (1960) has retained its appeal not only as the emphatic statement of a generational break with tradition, but also as Godard's earliest rendition of a set of thematic and stylistic motifs that would become his trademark. A Bout de souffle is now a cult film, propelled in part by the memorable coupling of its leading actors, Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg, whose story on screen seemed to portray the troubled love affair between French cinema and Hollywood.
In this original guide to the film, Ramona...
One of the most charismatic feature films of the New Wave, A Bout de souffle (1960) has retained its appeal not only as the emphatic statement of a ge...
One of the most charismatic feature films of the New Wave, A Bout de souffle (1960) has retained its appeal not only as the emphatic statement of a generational break with tradition, but also as Godard's earliest rendition of a set of thematic and stylistic motifs that would become his trademark. A Bout de souffle is now a cult film, propelled in part by the memorable coupling of its leading actors, Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg, whose story on screen seemed to portray the troubled love affair between French cinema and Hollywood.
In this original guide to the film, Ramona...
One of the most charismatic feature films of the New Wave, A Bout de souffle (1960) has retained its appeal not only as the emphatic statement of a ge...
For more than two thousand years, philosophers and theologians have wrestled with the irreconcilable opposition between Greek rationality (Athens) and biblical revelation (Jerusalem). In Athens and Jersusalem, Lev Shestov an inspiration for the French existentialists and the foremost interlocutor of Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, and Martin Buber during the interwar years makes the gripping confrontation between these symbolic poles of ancient wisdom his philosophical testament, an argumentative and stylistic tour de force. Although the Russian-born Shestov is little known...
For more than two thousand years, philosophers and theologians have wrestled with the irreconcilable opposition between Greek rationality (Athens) ...
