{"product_id":"lev-shestov-9781350204027","title":"Lev Shestov","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Jewish philosopher Lev Shestov (1866-1938) is perhaps   the great forgotten thinker of the twentieth century, but one whose revival   seems timely and urgent in the twenty-first century. An important influence   on Georges Bataille, Albert Camus, Gilles Deleuze and many others, Shestov   developed a fascinating anti-Enlightenment philosophy that critiqued the   limits of reason and triumphantly affirmed an ethics of hope in the face of   hopelessness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a wide-ranging reappraisal of his life   and thought, which explores his ideas in relation to the history of   literature and painting as well as philosophy, Matthew Beaumont restores   Shestov to prominence as a thinker for turbulent times. In reconstructing   Shestov's thought and asserting its continued relevance, the book's central   theme is wakefulness. It argues that for Shestov, escape from the limits of   rationalist Enlightenment thought comes from maintaining an insomniac   vigilance in the face of the spiritua\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eServes as the first overdue step towards bringing to contemporary readers an inspired and original interpretation of an otherwise forgotten philosopher … A fresh and concise starting point for engaging with Shestov’s works as a whole … Beaumont’s work deserves a close and attentive reading. * Phenomenological Review *\u003cbr\u003eBeaumont has contributed enormously to defining the 'philosophical force-field' of Shestov's major works. * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003eA wonderful introduction to Shestov’s thought … placing this intriguing, but much neglected, figure in the company of Benjamin, Adorno, Deleuze and Badiou. * Ben Ware, Co-Director of the Centre for Philosophy and the Visual Arts, King’s College London, UK and Philosopher in Residence at the Serpentine Galleries, UK *\u003cbr\u003eLev Shestov created a new science - the psychology of philosophy. He understood individual philosophical discourses as the attempts of their authors to conceal their personal traumas. In his book, Matthew Beaumont brilliantly reconstructs the main themes of Shestov's writing and his influence on European philosophy of the 20th Century. Necessary reading for everybody interested in modern European intellectual history. * Boris Groys, Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies, New York University, USA *\u003cbr\u003eMatthew Beaumont reflects on what we can learn from an insomniac who has spent his sleepless nights trying to unravel the stems of suffering and brutality. Shestov is beset by missed encounters, and Beaumont comes to make good those absences, tangling Shestov's thoughts with the moral and critical thinking of his contemporaries and ours. * Esther Leslie, Professor in Political Aesthetics, Birkbeck University of London, UK *\u003cbr\u003eMatthew Beaumont’s book on Shestov weaves the thread of sleeplessness into a gripping reconstruction of the philosopher’s journey across some of the defining Gethsemane moments of the twentieth-century with a political commentator’s sense of momentous encounters. * Ramona Fotiade, Reader in French, University of Glasgow, UK *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.            Preface:   Staying Woke and Staying Awake 2.            Introduction:   Athens and Jerusalem 3.            Chapter   1- Philosophy and Antiphilosophy: Shestov’s Life and Thought 4.            Chapter 2   - Angel of History and Angel of Death: Shestov, Bataille,  Benjamin 5.            Chapter 3   - The Garden and the Wasteland: The Art of Gethsemane 6.            Chapter 4   - Sleep and the Sleepless: Pascal and the Night of Gethsemane 7.            Conclusion:   Auschwitz and the End of the World\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039332008279,"sku":"9781350204027","price":28.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350204027.jpg?v=1750943350","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/lev-shestov-9781350204027","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}