×


 x 

Shopping cart
Claude Romano - There Is: The Event and the Finitude of Appearing - 9780823267156 - V9780823267156
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.

There Is: The Event and the Finitude of Appearing

€ 41.99
€ 41.76
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for There Is: The Event and the Finitude of Appearing Paperback. Translator(s): Smith, Michael B. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 284 x 23. Weight in Grams: 406.
“A genuinely innovative contribution to philosophical accounts of subjectivity and temporality. Romano develops what he calls an ‘evential hermeneutics’ that takes as its starting point the life-changing events that upend our world. He studies the structure of these events in terms of the genuine change and novelty that they open up, distinguishing them from mere occurrences, which can be explained as a subject realizing pre-existing possibilities. Because such events introduce radically new possibilities by transforming me and my world, Romano argues that they must be understood as establishing a world rather than as happening in the world.”—Shane Mackinlay, Catholic Theological ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
Perspectives in Continental Philosophy
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823267156
SKU
V9780823267156
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Claude Romano
Claude Romano is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Sorbonne and Professorial Fellow at Australian Catholic University. Two of his books have previously appeared in English, Event and World and Event and Time (both Fordham).

Reviews for There Is: The Event and the Finitude of Appearing
"...a philosophical project that attempts to face the fundamental challenges that need to be addressed by contemporary phenomenology, and which builds an original and extremely stimulating pathway in order to redefine the stakes and outcomes of the phenomenological heritage." -Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews "A genuinely innovative contribution to philosophical accounts of subjectivity and temporality. Romano develops what he calls an ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for There Is: The Event and the Finitude of Appearing


Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!