Afterness : figures of following in modern thought and aesthetics /
Gerhard Richter's study argues that the concept of 'afterness' is key to understanding the thought and aesthetics of modernity. He pursues such questions as what it means for something to 'follow' something else and whether what follows marks a clear break with what comes be...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2011]
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| Series: | Columbia themes in philosophy, social criticism, and the arts.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
| Summary: | Gerhard Richter's study argues that the concept of 'afterness' is key to understanding the thought and aesthetics of modernity. He pursues such questions as what it means for something to 'follow' something else and whether what follows marks a clear break with what comes before. The book's various analyses illuminate Lyotard's apodictic statement that 'after philosophy comes philosophy. But it has been altered by the after'. The book demonstrates, that much hinges on our interpretation of the 'after'. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (260 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780231530347 023153034X 0231157703 9780231157704 |