Philosophy as World Literature
What does it mean to consider philosophy as a species of not just literature but world literature? The authors in this collection explore philosophy through the lens of the worlding of literature--that is, how philosophy is connected and reconnected through global literary networks that cross borders, mix stories, and speak in translation and dialect.
Historically, much of the world's most influential philosophy, from Plato's dialogues and Augustine's confessions to Nietzsche's aphorisms and Sartre's plays, was a form of literature--as well as, by extension, a form of world literature. Philosophy as World Literature offers a variety of accounts of how the worlding of literature problematizes the national categorizing of philosophy and brings new meanings and challenges to the discussion of intersections between philosophy and literature.| Publisher Name | Bloomsbury Academic |
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| Author Name | Hagendorf, Col |
| Format | Audio |
| Bisac Subject Major | LIT |
| Language | NG |
| Isbn 10 | 1501351877 |
| Isbn 13 | 9781501351877 |
| Target Age Group | min:NA, max:NA |
| Series | 000790675 |
| Dimensions | 00.90" H x 20.05" L x 98.00" W |
| Page Count | 304 |
Jeffrey R. Di Leo is Professor of English and Philosophy at the University of Houston-Victoria, USA. He is the Editor of the American Book Review, Founding Editor of the journal symploke, and Executive Director of the Society for Critical Exchange and its Winter Theory Institute. His books include The Bloomsbury Handbook of Literary and Cultural Theory (2018), American Literature as World Literature (2017), and Dead Theory: Derrida, Death, and the Afterlife of Theory (2016), all published by Bloomsbury
