Challenging the absolute : Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Europe's struggle against fundamentalism

Challenging the absolute : Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Europe's struggle against fundamentalism / Simon F. Oliai.

In this book, written in the wake of such influential European thinkers as Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault, Derrida, and Vattimo, Simon Oliai argues that unless the "European" affirmation of man's finite existence becomes universal, we shall never rid ourselves of the repressive shadow...

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Main Author: Oliai, Simon F. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; Toronto ; Plymouth, UK : University Press of America, ® Inc., [2015]
Subjects:
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, > 1844-1900.
Heidegger, Martin, > 1889-1976.
Heidegger, Martin, > 1889-1976
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, > 1844-1900
Absolute, The.
Fundamentalism.
Metaphysics.
First philosophy.
metaphysics.
PHILOSOPHY > Metaphysics.
First philosophy
Absolute, The
Fundamentalism
Metaphysics
Det absoluta.
Interkulturell kommunikation.
Metafysik.
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Summary:In this book, written in the wake of such influential European thinkers as Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault, Derrida, and Vattimo, Simon Oliai argues that unless the "European" affirmation of man's finite existence becomes universal, we shall never rid ourselves of the repressive shadow of a long dead metaphysical idol.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-153).
ISBN:9780761865162
0761865160
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Vendor-supplied metadata.

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