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OverviewThis book analyses a cultural phenomenon that goes to the very roots of Western civilization: the centrality of death in our sense of human existence. It does so through a close reading of seminal works by the most creative authors of modern French thought, such as Maurice Blanchot, Jacques Lacan, and Jacques Derrida. These works encode an entire ethics of postmodernism. Betty Rojtman offers the reader a prism through which to see anew the key issues of the twentieth century: tragedy, finitude, nothingness—but also contestation, liberty, and sovereignty. Little by little we understand that this fascination with death may be just the other side of humankind’s great protest, its thirst for the infinite and its desire to be. Finally, Rojtman tries to offer another view on these fundamental questions by shifting to a parallel cultural reference: Kabbalah. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Betty Rojtman , Bartholomew BegleyPublisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition: 1st ed. 2020 Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9783030473211ISBN 10: 303047321 Pages: 145 Publication Date: 13 August 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction Human death. Alexandre Kojève A lethal joy. Georges Bataille An absolute renunciation. Jacques Derrida The desire for indifference. Maurice Blanchot Beyond Atè. Jacques Lacan The fluidity of being. Kabbalah ConclusionReviewsAuthor InformationBetty Rojtman is Professor Emerita at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she chaired the French Studies Department and held the Katherine Cornell Chair in Comparative Literature. Her publications include Feu noir sur Feu blanc (1986), Le Pardon à la lune (2001), Une rencontre improbable (2002). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |