Exercises in Constructive Imagination

by Ermanno Bencivenga

Book Overview

Philosophy in this century has often self-consciously presented itself as aiming at the destruction or deconstruction of the philosophical tradition or even of theorizing as such. The basis for such self-description may well be a deep-seated anxiety about death; but whatever its grounds, the procession of distinguished intellectuals who seem mostly concerned with who gets to turn off the light on philosophy on his/her way out is one main reason why...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792367022
• ISBN13: 9780792367024
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 211 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"