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Book SynopsisThis book explores and reassesses the philosophical notion of relation. In contrast to the scholastic, ontological conception of relation as a thing of diminished being, it views relation as the minimal and elemental theme and structure of philosophy. The author argues that rethinking relation engages the very possibility and limits of philosophical discourse.
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Of Minimal Things is masterful, learned, and never ceases to deliver maximal thought. Those seeking an intellectual challenge, and not just a performance, are urged to read it at least once." * International Studies in Philosophy *
Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I. Untimely Relations: 1. Ecce Homo, or the written body 2. Type-writing Nietzsche's self Part II. Intending the Nonrelational: 3. Tearing at the texture 4. Cutting in on distance Part III. Coming into Relation: 5. Floundering in determination 6. Tuned to accord 7. Canonizing measures 8. 'Like the Rose - without why' 9. Perhaps: a modality? Part IV. Rhythm and Zigzag: 10. On the nonadequate trait 11. Joining the text 12. On re-presentation Part V. Relation at the Crossroads: 13. reading chiasms 14. 'A relation called 'literary" 15. The felicities of paradox Notes Index.
