Lacoue-Labarthe, Philippe.

Poetics of History : Rousseau and the Theater of Originary Mimesis. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (169 pages)

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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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques,-1712-1778.
Philosophy.
Imitation.


Electronic books.

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