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The ethical question is the question of our times. Within critical theory, it has focused on the act of reading. This original and courageous study reverses the terms of inquiry to analyse the ethical composition of the act of writing.

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Burke argues compellingly that no author is completely beyond ethical recall on the ground of artistic immunity or aesthetic irrelevancy... Highly recommended. Choice Burke argues compellingly that no author is completely beyond ethical recall on the ground of artistic immunity or aesthetic irrelevancy... Highly recommended.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements; Key to References and Abbreviations; Prologue: Friedrich Nietzsche in Auschwitz, or the Posthumous Return of the Author; Introduction: The Responsibilities of the Writer; 1. The Ethical Opening; 2. The Ethics of Legacy; 3. Signature and Authorship in the Phaedrus; 4. The Textual Estate: Nietzsche and Authorial Responsibility; Bibliography; Index.

The Ethics of Writing

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      Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
      Publication Date: 15/09/2010
      ISBN13: 9780748641796, 978-0748641796
      ISBN10: 0748641793
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The ethical question is the question of our times. Within critical theory, it has focused on the act of reading. This original and courageous study reverses the terms of inquiry to analyse the ethical composition of the act of writing.

      Trade Review
      Burke argues compellingly that no author is completely beyond ethical recall on the ground of artistic immunity or aesthetic irrelevancy... Highly recommended. Choice Burke argues compellingly that no author is completely beyond ethical recall on the ground of artistic immunity or aesthetic irrelevancy... Highly recommended.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements; Key to References and Abbreviations; Prologue: Friedrich Nietzsche in Auschwitz, or the Posthumous Return of the Author; Introduction: The Responsibilities of the Writer; 1. The Ethical Opening; 2. The Ethics of Legacy; 3. Signature and Authorship in the Phaedrus; 4. The Textual Estate: Nietzsche and Authorial Responsibility; Bibliography; Index.

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