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OverviewNow available in Open Access thanks to the support of the University of Helsinki. Vagaries of Desire is a major collection of new essays by Timo Airaksinen on the philosophy of desire. The first part develops a novel account of the philosophical theory of desire, including Girard. The second part discusses Kafka’s main works, namely The Castle, The Trial, and Amerika, and Thomas Hobbes and the problems of intentionality. The text develops such linguistic tropes as metaphor and metonymy in connection with topics like death and then applies them to Kafka’s texts. The third part makes an effort to understand the mysteries of sadism and masochism in philosophical and rhetorical terms. The last article criticizes Thomas Nagel’s influential account of sexual perversion and develops a viable alternative. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Timo AiraksinenPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 340 Weight: 0.507kg ISBN: 9789004410299ISBN 10: 9004410295 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 29 August 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsPreface Part 1: Analytical Issues 1 Introduction: Depicting Desire Definitions Two Types of Desire Wishful Thinking and Wish Fulfilment De Re and De Dicto: a Paradox 2 Beliefs and Desires From Wollheim’s Challenge to Human Needs Modality: Beliefs as Constraints Hermeneutical Considerations Moral Beliefs The Demise of Directionality 3 Push and Pull Theories of Desire Background Checks Russell on Desire Desirability Demystified Push Theory Returns 4 Our Anxious Desires Preliminaries Sources of Frustration and Anxiety Immodest Desires Zero Desires Desire as a Metonym 5 René Girard and Mimetic Desire Girard on Desire Model, Not Desirability Scripted Desires Desires, Not My Own Part 2: Desire in Context 6 Death, Desire, and the Generation of Metaphor Prelude: Death and Dress Meaning of Death Meaning of Desire Generating Metaphors 7 Kafka: Tropes of Desire Introduction: Two Persons, Two Tasks, Two Desires Tropological Considerations: The Trial Tropological Considerations: The Trial 8 Lost in Kafka’s America Preliminaries, or False Starts Empty Metaphors Irony: From Here to Eternity 9 Thomas Hobbes on Intentionality, Desire, and Happiness Theories of Happiness Happiness and Desire Pleonexia Desire and Its Intentionality Egoism Part 3: Sexuality 10 Sadomasochistic Desire Kinky Sex Tropological Delineations The Riddles of Motivation Sade and Sadism Problems with Consent Safe and Sane? 11 Tricky Sexual Differences: What Is Perversion? The Tropes of Perversity Freud: Perverted and Pathological Desires Nagel: The Substantiality Thesis Nagel: Ideally Good Sex, or in the Singles Bar Nagel: The Genesis of Sexual Perversion Some Probable Reasons for the Success of SP Cases of Criticism Conclusion: Anxious Desires IndexReviewsAuthor InformationTimo Airaksinen, Ph.D. (Turku, 1975) is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, University of Helsinki. He has published extensively on philosophy of literature (Sade, Kafka, Lovecraft), ethics, and the history of philosophy (Kant, Berkeley, Hobbes). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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