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Book SynopsisRafael Winkler is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Trade ReviewThrough a compelling and illuminating study, Rafael Winkler asks whether “uniqueness” is a possible experience and how it should be thought. He deals with this concept in a variety of ways: the uniqueness of being, the self, the other human being, death, and responsibility for the other. By situating itself at the limits of thought, the book presents new facets of the philosophy of absolute difference. Readers will find much to ponder as the book also calls for an engaged reflection on a highly contentious problem: finitude. * Gabriel Riera, Associate Professor of Literary Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA *
A unique, original, and very welcome contribution to philosophical and literary studies of the self, experience, and singularity. Written with an admirable rigour in explication and analysis, a lucidity in expression, and an always cogent line of reasoning,
Philosophy of Finitude explores the limit experiences of the ‘I’ through the focus on Heidegger, Levinas, and Nietzsche, that produces exciting fascinating new readings both of selfhood and identity. * Julian Wolfreys, Professor of English, University of Portsmouth, UK *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction
Chapter 1. Death, the Impossible 1. Introduction 2. Perishing and demise 3. Is dying possible? 4. Singularization 5. Schizophrenia 6. Mourning
Chapter 2. Self and Other 1. Introduction 2. Vanquishing death 3. Alterity 4. The call 5. Guilt 6. Responsibility
Chapter 3. Figurations 1. Introduction 2. Proximities 3. The feminine welcome 4. The absolute
arrivant Chapter 4. Dwelling 1. Introduction 2. The earth 3. The gods 4.
Antigone 5. Holy mourning 6. The proper and the foreign 7. Guestfriendship
Chapter 5. Beyond Truth 1. Introduction 2. Truth and error 3. Justice 4. Naturalism 5. The end of metaphysics 6. The will to truth 7. Self-discipline 8.
Schein Chapter 6. Substance 1. Introduction 2. The standard hypothesis 3. Essence 4. Substance 5. Rhetoric 6. Metaphor
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