Synopses & Reviews
Spanning Blanchot's literary critical and philosophical writings, and addressing such major concepts as the image and the neuter, Blanchot's Vigilance presents a sustained analysis of Blanchot's response to Levinas's ethical thought, the political commitments of the Surrealists, Heidegger's readings of the ancient Greeks, and the claims of psychoanalysis. In a series of thorough and lucid readings, Iyer presents Blanchot's central concern as maintaining a kind of vigilance over a difference which opens in the articulation of sense.
Synopsis
Introduction That Merciful Surplus of Strength The Inexhaustible Murmur Irony Mastered and Unmastered Nothing is What There Is Write, Write Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Of the many questions provoked by Blanchot's thought and writing, that of understanding its ethical and political significance is perhaps the most pressing. Spanning his literary critical and philosophical writings, and addressing such major concepts as the image and the neuter, Blanchot's Vigilance presents a sustained analysis of Blanchot's response to Levinas's ethical thought, the political commitments of the Surrealists, Heidegger's readings of the ancient Greeks, and the claims of psychoanalysis. In a series of thorough and lucid readings, Iyer presents Blanchot's central concern as maintaining a kind of vigilance over a difference which opens in the articulation of sense.
About the Author
Lars Iyer is with the Department of Philosophy, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Table of Contents
Introduction * The Day after the Revolution * The Narrative Voice * The Logos as Difference * The Birth of Philosophy in Poetry * The Unbearable * Writing without Power * The City and the Stars