Mourning Becomes the Law: Philosophy and Representation

by Gillian Rose

Book Overview

In Mourning Becomes the Law, Gillian Rose takes us beyond the impasse of post-modernism or 'despairing rationalism withour reason'. Arguing that the post-modern search for a 'new ethics' and ironic philosophy are incoherent, she breathes new life into the debates concerning power and domination, transcendence and eternity. Mourning Becomes the Law is the philosophical counterpart to Gillian Rose's highly acclaimed memoir Love's Work. She extends similar...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521578493
• ISBN13: 9780521578493
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.5"