Melville among the Philosophers (eBook)

Corey McCall, Tom Nurmi (Herausgeber)

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2017
252 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-3675-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This book is aimed at both philosophers and scholars of American literature who wish to reexamine the philosophical depth of Melville’s writings. Contributions deal with various philosophical aspects of Melville’s work, including well-known texts such as Moby-Dick as well as lesser-known works such as Pierre, “The Encantadas,” and Clarel.

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For more than a century readers have found Herman Melville's writing rich with philosophical ideas, yet there has been relatively little written about what, exactly, is philosophically significant about his work and why philosophers are so attracted to Melville in particular. This volume addresses this silence through a series of essays that: (1) examine various philosophical contexts for Melville's work, (2) take seriously Melville's writings as philosophy, and (3) consider how modern philosophers have used Melville and the implications of appropriating Melville for contemporary thought. Melville among the Philosophers is ultimately an intervention across literary studies and philosophy that carves new paths into the work of one of America's most celebrated authors, a man who continues to enchant and challenge readers well into the twenty-first century.

Autor

Corey McCall is associate professor of philosophy at Elmira College. Tom Nurmi is assistant professor of English at Montana State University Billings.

Inhalt

Introduction: Melville’s SilenceCorey McCall & Tom NurmiI. Melville as Philosopher “In Voiceless Visagelessness”: The Disenchanted Landscape of ClarelTroy Jollimore Platonic and Nietzschean Themes of Transformation in Moby-DickMark Anderson Passion, Reverie, Disaster, Joy: What Philosophers Learn at SeaEdward F. Mooney Outlandish Lands: Melville’s Pierre and the Democratic Ambiguity of Space and TimeJason M. WirthBeasts, Sovereigns, Pirates: Melville’s “Enchanted Isles” Beyond the PicturesqueGary ShapiroOn Religion and the Strangeness of Speech: Typee as a ‘Peep’Tracy B. Strong II. Inheriting MelvilleMelville’s Phenomenology of Gender: Critical Reflections on C.L.R. James’ Mariners, Renegades, Castaways and Paget Henry’s Caliban’s ReasonMarilyn Nissim-Sabat Decolonial Options in Moby-DickKris Sealey “Benito Cereno,” or, the American Chronotope of SlaveryEduardo Mendieta The European Authorization of American Literature and Philosophy: After Cavell, Reading Bartleby with Deleuze, then Rancière David LaRocca Afterword: A Time to Break the Philosophic Silencing of MelvilleCornel West

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.10.2017
• Co-Autor: Tracy B. Strong, Jason M. Wirth, Mark Anderson, Troy A. Jollimore, David LaRocca, Eduardo Mendieta, Edward F. Mooney, Marilyn Nissim-Sabat, Kris F. Sealey, Gary Shapiro
• Nachwort: Cornel West
• Zusatzinfo: 1 Illustrations including: - 1 Black & White Illustrations.
• Verlagsort: Lanham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: American Literature • American Philosophy • Bartleby • Benito Cereno • Caliban’s Reason • Charles Darwin • Clarel • C.L.R. James • Continental Philosophy • decolonial theory • Deleuze • Demons • Disenchantment • embodied ideas • Encantadas • F.O. Matthiessen • Gender Studies • Hamlet • Husserl • Lawrence Thompson • Literary Studies • Moby Dick • Nietzsche • Nihilism • Omoo • Phenomenology • Philosophy of Literature • Philosophy of Religion • Pierre • Plato • Poetics • Racism • Rancière • Silence • skepticism • Slavery • Socrates • Transcendentalism • Typee • Unknown • William James
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-3675-1 / 1498536751
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-3675-2 / 9781498536752