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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.
List of contents
Introduction: Melville's Silence
Corey McCall & Tom Nurmi
I. Melville as Philosopher
"In Voiceless Visagelessness": The Disenchanted Landscape of Clarel
Troy Jollimore
Platonic and Nietzschean Themes of Transformation in Moby-Dick
Mark Anderson
Passion, Reverie, Disaster, Joy: What Philosophers Learn at Sea
Edward F. Mooney
Outlandish Lands: Melville's Pierre and the Democratic Ambiguity of Space and Time
Jason M. Wirth
Beasts, Sovereigns, Pirates: Melville's "Enchanted Isles" Beyond the Picturesque
Gary Shapiro
On Religion and the Strangeness of Speech: Typee as a 'Peep'
Tracy B. Strong
II. Inheriting Melville
Melville's Phenomenology of Gender: Critical Reflections on C.L.R. James' Mariners, Renegades, Castaways and Paget Henry's Caliban's Reason
Marilyn Nissim-Sabat
Decolonial Options in Moby-Dick
Kris Sealey
"Benito Cereno," or, the American Chronotope of Slavery
Eduardo 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 Melville
Cornel West
About the author
Edited by Corey McCall and Tom Nurmi - Afterword by Cornel West - Contributions by Troy Jollimore; Mark Anderson; Edward F. Mooney; Jason M. Wirth; Gary Shapiro; Tracy B. Strong; Marilyn Nissim-Sabat; Kris F. Sealey; Eduardo Mendieta and David LaRocca
Summary
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.
