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The Raymond Tallis Reader
R. Tallis
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Description for The Raymond Tallis Reader
Paperback. This text provides a comprehensive survey of the often controversial thinker Raymond Tallis. From nihilism, Theorrhoea and literary theory, to the role of the unconscious, it guides the reader through the panoptic sweep of Tallis' critical insights. Editor(s): Grant, Michael (Senior Lecturer in Film Studies, University of Kent, Canterbury). Num Pages: 412 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 923.
The Raymond Tallis Reader provides a comprehensive survey of the work of this passionate, perceptive and often controversial thinker. Key selections from Tallis's major works are supplemented by Michael Grant's detailed introduction and linking commentary. From nihilism to Theorrhoea, from literary theory to the role of the unconscious, The Raymond Tallis Reader guides us through the panoptic sweep of Tallis's critical insights and reveals a way of thinking for the twenty-first century.
The Raymond Tallis Reader provides a comprehensive survey of the work of this passionate, perceptive and often controversial thinker. Key selections from Tallis's major works are supplemented by Michael Grant's detailed introduction and linking commentary. From nihilism to Theorrhoea, from literary theory to the role of the unconscious, The Raymond Tallis Reader guides us through the panoptic sweep of Tallis's critical insights and reveals a way of thinking for the twenty-first century.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
412
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Number of Pages
382
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333772720
SKU
V9780333772720
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
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99-15
About R. Tallis
RAYMOND TALLIS trained as a doctor at the University of Oxford and St. Thomas's hospital. Since 1987 he has been Professor and a consultant physician in Health Care of the Elderly in Salford. Over the last fifteen years, he has written extensively outside of medicine. He has published short stories and poetry and been (?) for his critiques of post-Saussurean ... Read more
Reviews for The Raymond Tallis Reader
From the reviews of Enemies of Hope: 'Tallis...is a high achiever with a range of expertise that would leave Jonathan Miller gasping' - Walter Eltis, The Sunday Times 'As its title and length indicate, this is a Big Book. It is written, nevertheless, in a clear, accessible, unpretentious and often witty style. And as ... Read more