Toward Metaphysics : New Tendencies in French Philosophy in the Middle of the Twentieth Century
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Modernity in Question
ISBN-10
363162672X
ISBN-13
9783631626726
Edition
New
Publisher
Peter Lang AG
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Peter Lang AG
Country of Manufacture
DE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 29th, 2014
Print length
282 Pages
Weight
470 grams
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21.80 x 24.10 x 2.30 cms
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The book presents new metaphysical tendencies in 20th century French philosophy (1930s-1960s). Particular attention is given to the writings of Louis Lavelle, Ferdinand Alquié, Jean Wahl, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and Emmanuel Lévinas. The book provides clues as to how these thinkers have influenced more recent tendencies in French thought.
This book presents and analyzes specific metaphysical tendencies that were revived within particular branches of French philosophy from the 1930s to the 1960s. Using the examples of the five philosophers active in this period (Louis Lavelle, Ferdinand Alquié, Jean Wahl, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Emmanuel Lévinas), who did not belong to or did not form any school of thought, the author attempts to show that the specificity of this non-classical metaphysics could be located in its anti-naturalist, non-substantial, non-objectival, dialectic, critical, non-systematic and pluralist character. The analysis is preceded by a comprehensive introduction in which both theoretical and historical inspirations for the ideas presented in the book are explained. The summary provides possible influences that the described ideas could exercise over more recent currents in French philosophy.
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