On the Brink - Language, Time, History, and Politics

Werner Hamacher, one of the most important and original theorists working in literary criticism and continental philosophy, explores topics at the intersection of philosophy, literary studies and politics.

List of contents

1. Ex Tempore: Time as Representation in Kant / 2. On Some Differences Between the History of Literary and the History of Phenomenal Events / 3. (The End of Art with the Mask) / 4. Contraductions / 5. Notes on Greeting / 6. Remarks on Complaint / 7. Uncalled: A Commentary on Kafka's "The Test" / 8. Working Through Working / 9. Sketches Toward a Lecture on Democracy / 10. Amphora

About the author

Werner Hamacher is Professor Emeritus of General and Comparative Literature at the University of Frankfurt and Emmanuel Levinas Chair at the European Graduate School. His many publications include iPremises: Essays on Philosophy and Literature from Kant to Celan (1999), Pleroma: Reading in Hegel (1997) and Minima Philologica (2015).

Product details

• Authors: Werner Hamacher
• Assisted by: Jan Plug (Editor), Plug Jan (Editor), Andrew Benjamin (Introduction)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781786603913
• ISBN: 978-1-78660-391-3
• No. of pages: 242
• Series: Philosophical Projections
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Deconstruction, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Critical Theory, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800