The Honor of Thinking: Critique, Theory, Philosophy

by Rodolphe Gasché

Book Overview

The Honor of Thinking investigates the limits of criticism, theory, and philosophy in light of what Martin Heidegger and French post-Heideggerian philosophers have established about the nature and tasks of thinking. In addition to in-depth analyses of Walter Benjamin's conception of critique--and in particular the relation of critique to ethics, as well as alternative models of criticism (such as Heidegger's notion of "Auseinandersetzung,"...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804754225
• ISBN13: 9780804754224
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"