Andrew Gibson: Misanthropy | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781474293174 | Misanthropy | The Critique of Humanity | Andrew Gibson | Taschenbuch

Dekorationsartikel gehören nicht zum Leistungsumfang.

Sprache: Englisch

45,85 €

inkl. MwSt.

Versandkostenfrei per Post / DHL

Lieferzeit 1-2 Wochen

Kategorien:

Beschreibung

This book is the first major study of the theme of misanthropy, its history, arguments both for and against it, and its significance for us today. Misanthropy is not strictly a philosophy. It is an inconsistent thought, and so has often been mocked. But from Timon of Athens to Motörhead it has had a very long life, vast historical purchase and is seemingly indomitable and unignorable. Human beings have always nursed a profound distrust of who and what they are. This book does not seek to rationalize that distrust, but asks how far misanthropy might have a reason on its side, if a confused reason.

There are obvious arguments against misanthropy. It is often born of a hatred of physical being. It can be historically explained. It particularly appears in undemocratic cultures. But what of the misanthropy of terminally defeated and disempowered peoples? Or born of progressivisms? Or the misanthropy that quarrels with specious or easy positivities (from Pelagius to Leibniz to the corporate cheer of contemporary `total capital`)? From the Greek Cynics to Roman satire, St Augustine to Jacobean drama, the misanthropy of the French Ancien Regime to Swift, Smollett and Johnson, Hobbes, Schopenhauer and Rousseau, from the Irish and American misanthropic traditions to modern women`s misanthropy, the book explores such questions. It ends with a debate about contemporary culture that ranges from the `dark radicalisms`, queer misanthropy, posthumanism and eco-misanthropy to Houellebecq, punk rock and gangsta rap.

Über den Autor

Andrew Gibson is Research Professor in Modern Literature and Theory at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, where he still teaches part-time. He is a member of the Conseil scientifique of the Collège international de philosophie in Paris, France.

Zusammenfassung

Written in an energetic, engaging and appealing style suitable for trade crossover audience

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Impossibility of Misanthropy

1. Misanthropy and the Old Order
2. Misanthropists and the Body
3. Misanthropy and History: A Few Philosophers
4. The Irish Misanthropic Tradition
5. Women, Modernity and Misanthropy
6. Misanthropy and the New World

Conclusion: Contemporary Culture and the End(s) of Misanthropy

Bibliography
Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2017
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Philosophie
Jahrhundert:	Antike
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781474293174
ISBN-10:	1474293174
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Gibson, Andrew
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury Academic
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	216 x 140 x 16 mm
Von/Mit:	Andrew Gibson
Erscheinungsdatum:	15.06.2017
Gewicht:	0,368 kg