1st Edition
What is Thinking? And Other Philosophical Reflections
By Saitya Brata Das
Copyright 2021
144 Pages
by
Routledge
144 Pages
by
Routledge
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The philosophical essays of this collection argue, each time from a singular perspective, that the task of thinking is to release the element of the unconditional from various closures, and thus to make it manifest as the true and the essential task of our individual and social existence. Naming this unconditional element as the "messianic", the book displays the profound ethico-political... Read more
1. What is thinking? 2. ...And this palpitation of existence 3. When religion has (not) returned? 4. (Dis)Figures of death: taking the side of Derrida, taking the side of death 5. Derrida’s tympan: mourning, philosophy, literature 6. The abyss of human freedom 7. Wholly otherwise 8. Of force, of rhythm, of melody
Biography
Saitya Brata Das is Associate Professor at School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
