The Ethics of Writing : Authorship and Legacy in Plato and Nietzsche
by
Sen Burke
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0748641793
ISBN-13
9780748641796
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Imprint
Edinburgh University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 15th, 2010
Print length
256 Pages
Weight
392 grams
Dimensions
23.40 x 15.80 x 1.50 cms
Product Classification:
Literary theory
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The ethical question is the question of our times. Within critical theory, it has focused on the act of reading. This original and courageous study reverses the terms of inquiry to analyse the ethical composition of the act of writing.
Beginning amidst the tombs of the ''dead'' God, and the crematoria at Auschwitz, this book confronts Nietzsche''s legacy through the lens of Plato. The key question is how authors can protect against the possible ''deviant readings'' of future readers and assess ''the risk of writing''. Burke recommends an ethic of ''discursive containment''.The ethical question is the question of our times. Within critical theory, it has focused on the act of reading. This study reverses the terms of inquiry to analyse the ethical composition of the act of writing. What responsibility does an author bear for his legacy? Do ''catastrophic'' misreadings of authors (e.g. Plato, Nietzsche) testify to authorial recklessness? These and other questions are the starting-point for a theory of authorial ethics.
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