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Poetics of Singularity: The Counter-Culturalist Turn in Heidegger, Derrida, Blanchot, and the later Gadamer (Frontiers of Theory)
Poetics of Singularity The CounterCulturalist Turn in Heidegger Derrida Blanchot and the later Gadamer - Frontiers of Theory Author:Timothy Clark This book reveals the basic tenets of what may be called a "poetics of singularity" in Martin Heidegger, Maurice Blanchot, Jacques Derrida, and the strange late essays of Hans-Georg Gadamer. Clark explores a series of powerful questions concerning basic features of Western thought: the nature of understanding, Kierkegaard's "singular individual,... more »" the uniqueness of historical testimony, and the nature of community. Features of Poetics of Singularity:
? Identifies a forceful tradition of twentieth-century poetics -- which differs from received ideas of deconstruction
? Makes available in English previously untranslated material by Heidegger and Gadamer and discusses relatively unknown texts by Blanchot and recent work by Derrida« less