Slow philosophy : reading and the institution /

"In an age of internet scrolling and skimming, where concentration and attention are fast becoming endangered skills, it is timely to think about the act of reading and the many forms that it can take. Slow Philosophy: Reading Against the Institution makes the case for thinking about reading in...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Walker, Michelle Boulous, 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, Plc, [2016]
Subjects:
Philosophy > Study and teaching.
Reading.
Thought and thinking.
Philosophie > Étude et enseignement.
Lecture.
Pensée.
thinking.
PHILOSOPHY > General.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface: Why slow reading today?
  • Introduction: On Being Slow and Doing Philosophy
  • One Habits of Reading: Le Dœuff's Future Philosophy
  • Two Reading Essayistically: Levinas and Adorno
  • Three Rereading: Irigaray on Love and Wonder
  • Four The Present of Reading: Irigaray's Attentive Listening
  • Five Romance and Authenticity: Beauvoir's Lesson in Reading
  • Six Intimate Reading: Cixous's Approach
  • Conclusion: The Attentive Work of Grace
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.

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