The pace of modernity : reading with Blumenberg / O. Bradley Bassler.

Author
Bassler, O. Bradley [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Prahran, Vic. : Re.press, ©2012.
Description
ix, 224 pages ; 23 cm.

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    Subject(s)
    Series
    Anamnesis. [More in this series]
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references.
    Action note
    Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
    Contents
    • Introduction: modernity's runaway pace
    • 1. Theology and the modern age: Blumenberg's reaction to a Baconian frontispiece
    • 2. At what cost modernity: mental faculties and total politics
    • 3. The new poetry and the mimetic locus
    • 4. Jean Starobinski's linguistic modernism
    • 5. Daily rhythms
    • 6. Divagation at the crossroads: in search of modern wisdom
    • 7. Visionary design: mathematical analogues for the reading of poetry
    • 8. The outlook for legitimacy and the pace of modernity
    • 9. Convexity and complexity: trading places with John Ashbery.
    ISBN
    • 9780987268228 ((pbk.))
    • 0987268228 ((pbk.))
    OCLC
    798255457
    RCP
    H - S
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