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The End of the World
Contemporary Philosophy and Art
The End of the World
Contemporary Philosophy and Art
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Description
The 'end of the world' opens up philosophical questions concerning the very notion of the world, which is a fundamental element of all existential, phenomenological and hermeneutical philosophy. Is the 'end of the world' for us 'somebody's' death (the end of 'being-in-the-world') or the extinction of many or of all (the end of the world itself)? Is the erosion of the 'world' a phenomenon that does not in fact affect the notion of the world as a fundamental feature of all existential-ontological inquiry?
This volume examines the present state of these concerns in philosophy, film and literature. It presents a philosophical hermeneutics of the present state of the world and explores the principal questions of the philosophical accounts of the end of the world, such as finality and finitude. It also shows how literature and cinema have ventured to express the end of the world while asking if a consequent expression of the end of the world is also an end of its expression.
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Product details
Published | 29 Mar 2017 |
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Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 316 |
ISBN | 9781786602633 |
Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Series | Future Perfect: Images of the Time to Come in Philosophy, Politics and Cultural Studies |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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The End of the World: Contemporary Philosophy and Art deals with one of the most important narratives of all time, that of the end of the world, and the possibility that it could vanish into time and space without a trace. The contributions each offer a new insight into this possibility, with many fascinating perspectives on this very rich and complex topic.
Peter Trawny, Professor, Martin-Heidegger-Insitute, University of Wuppertal