Being in Time: Selves and Narrators in Philosophy and Literature

by Genevieve Lloyd

Book Overview

Genevieve Lloyd's book is a provocative and accessible essay on the fragmentation of the self as explored in philosophy and literature. The past is irrevocable, consciousness changes as time passes: given this, can there ever be such a thing as the unity of the self? Being in Time explores the emotional aspects of the human experience of time, commonly neglected in philosophical investigation, by looking at how narrative creates and treats the experience...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415071968
• ISBN13: 9780415071963
• Release Date: February 1993
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"