Reading Descartes Otherwise : Blind, Mad, Dreamy, and Bad /

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Focusing on the first four images of the Other mobilized in Descartes' Meditations - namely, the blind, the mad, the dreamy, and the bad - this book casts light on what have heretofore been the phenomenological shadows of "Cartesian rationality." In doing so, it discovers dynamic sign...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lee, Kyoo
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, [2012]
Subjects:
Descartes, René, > 1596-1650. > Meditationes de prima philosophia.
Descartes, Rene, > 1596-1650. > Meditationes de prima philosophia.
Meditationes de prima philosophia (Descartes, René)
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preamble I. If Descartes Remains Overread and Underexplored
  • Preamble II. Descartes Needs Rereading
  • A Stage Setup : Reframing "Jeux Descartes"
  • Scene 1. Blind Vision : A Photographic Touch
  • Scene 2. Elastic Madness : An Allegorical Comedy
  • Scene 3. Philopoetic Somnambulism : An Imaginary Freedom
  • Scene 4. Cornered Reflection : With and around an Evil Genius.

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