Loading…

The site of our lives : the self and the subject from Emerson to Foucault /

This book addresses the question of human uniqueness at a time when academic discourse has all but abandoned its long-held commitment to the value of individuality. Through an appraisal of the works of Emerson, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Derrida, and Foucault, the author establishes the ways in which the...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hans, James S., 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1995.
Series:SUNY series, the margins of literature.
Subjects:
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Heavy Construction
  • Ch. 1. The Essential Self
  • Ch. 2. An Untimely Meditation
  • Ch. 3. The End of Humanism
  • Ch. 4. The Unnameable
  • Ch. 5. The Nightmare of Self-Loathing
  • Conclusion: Invasion of the Body Snatchers.