Poetics of History : Rousseau and the Theater of Originary Mimesis.

By:

Lacoue-Labarthe, Philippe

Contributor(s):

Fort, Jeff

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780823282364

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Poetics of HistoryLOC classification:

B2137 .L336 2019

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Contents:

Cover -- POETICS OF HISTORY -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Part I The Scene of Origin -- Part II Anterior Theater -- Notes.

Summary: Poetics of History places Rousseau at the origin of modern speculative philosophy by showing that his thinking on the theater, despite its dependence on a false and conventional reading of Aristotle, nonetheless articulates a radical thinking of originary mimesis, and, well before Hegel, an understanding of catharsis as Aufhebung.

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Cover -- POETICS OF HISTORY -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Part I The Scene of Origin -- Part II Anterior Theater -- Notes.

Poetics of History places Rousseau at the origin of modern speculative philosophy by showing that his thinking on the theater, despite its dependence on a false and conventional reading of Aristotle, nonetheless articulates a radical thinking of originary mimesis, and, well before Hegel, an understanding of catharsis as Aufhebung.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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