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Place, Commonality and Judgment: Continental Philosophy and the Ancient Greeks
Contributor(s): Benjamin, Andrew (Author)
ISBN: 1441112871     ISBN-13: 9781441112873
Publisher: Continuum
OUR PRICE:   $51.43  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical
Dewey: 180
Series: Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy
Physical Information: 0.41" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.61 lbs) 192 pages
 
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In this important and highly original book, place, commonality and judgment provide the framework within which works central to the Greek philosophical and literary tradition are usefully located and reinterpreted.

Greek life, it can be argued, was defined by the interconnection of place, commonality and judgment. Similarly within the Continental philosophical tradition topics such as place, judgment, law and commonality have had a pervasive centrality. Works by Jacques Derrida and Giorgio Agamben amongst others attest to the current exigency of these topics. Yet the ways in which they are interrelated has been barely discussed within the context of Ancient Philosophy. The conjecture of this book is that not only are these terms of genuine philosophical importance in their own right, but they are also central to Ancient Philosophy. Andrew Benjamin ultimately therefore aims to underscore the relevance of Ancient Philosophy for contemporary debates in Continental Philosophy.