The modern philosophical revolution : the luminosity of existence / David Walsh.

The Modern Philosophical Revolution breaks new ground by demonstrating the continuity of European philosophy from Kant to Derrida. Much of the literature on European philosophy has emphasised the breaks that have occurred in the course of two centuries of thinking. But as David Walsh argues, such a...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author: Walsh, David, 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • Kant's "Copernican revolution" as existential
  • Hegel's inauguration of the language of existence
  • Schelling on the beyond of existence
  • Nietzsche : philosophy as existence
  • Heidegger's achievement despite the betrayal of philosophical existence
  • Existence without refuge as the response of Levinas
  • Derrida's dissemination of existence as différance
  • Kierkegaard's prioritization of existence over philosophy
  • Epilogue: Modernity as responsibility.