23%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
The Nonsense of Kant and Lewis Carroll. Unexpected Essays on Philosophy, Art, Life, and Death.
Ben-Ami Scharfstein
€ 54.99
€ 42.30
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for The Nonsense of Kant and Lewis Carroll. Unexpected Essays on Philosophy, Art, Life, and Death.
hardcover. Combining a deep knowledge of psychology, cultural anthropology, art history, and the history of religions - not to mention philosophy, this book demonstrates the unpredictability of writing and thought and how they can teach us about our experiences. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
What if Immanuel Kant floated down from his transcendental heights, straight through Alice's rabbit hole, and into the fabulous world of Lewis Carroll? For Ben-Ami Scharfstein this is a wonderfully instructive scenario and the perfect way to begin this wide-ranging collection of decades of startlingly synthesized thought. Combining a deep knowledge of psychology, cultural anthropology, art history, and the history of religions - not to mention philosophy - he demonstrates again and again the unpredictability of writing and thought and how they can teach us about our experiences. Scharfstein begins with essays on the nature of philosophy itself, moving from ... Read more
What if Immanuel Kant floated down from his transcendental heights, straight through Alice's rabbit hole, and into the fabulous world of Lewis Carroll? For Ben-Ami Scharfstein this is a wonderfully instructive scenario and the perfect way to begin this wide-ranging collection of decades of startlingly synthesized thought. Combining a deep knowledge of psychology, cultural anthropology, art history, and the history of religions - not to mention philosophy - he demonstrates again and again the unpredictability of writing and thought and how they can teach us about our experiences. Scharfstein begins with essays on the nature of philosophy itself, moving from ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226105758
SKU
V9780226105758
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Ben-Ami Scharfstein
Ben-Ami Scharfstein is professor emeritus of philosophy at Tel Aviv University. He is the author of many books, including Of Birds, Beasts, and Other Artists and Art Without Borders, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
Reviews for The Nonsense of Kant and Lewis Carroll. Unexpected Essays on Philosophy, Art, Life, and Death.
"The desirability of having a book that draws together the interesting and important thought of an influential philosopher is not mysterious or controversial. But what is the aim of drawing together Scharfstein's essays? Perhaps, partly, it is a meta-philosophical workshop, a picture of how a philosopher is able to, over the course of decades, practice a 'generalized attentiveness,' and in ... Read more