Beschreibung:
From Heidegger's reading of Antigone to Nietzsche and Benjamin's book-length studies of tragedy, Philosophy and Tragedy presents an outstanding and original study of philosophers' preoccupation with the concept.
Introduction, Miguel de Beistegui, Simon Sparks; Part 1 Hegel; Chapter 1 Hegel, Miguel de Beistegui; Chapter 2 Self-dissolving seriousness, Rodolphe Gasché; Part 2 Hölderlin; Chapter 3 Of tragic metaphor, Jean-François Courtine; Chapter 4 Tragedy and speculation, Françoise Dastur; Chapter 5 A small number of houses in a universe of tragedy, David Farrell Krell; Chapter 6 Hölderlin's theatre, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe; Part 3 Nietzsche; Chapter 7 Aesthetically limited reason, Günter Figal; Chapter 8 Zarathustra, Walter Brogan; Part 4 Heidegger; Chapter 9 A 'scarcely pondered word'. The place of tragedy, Will McNeill; Part 5 Benjamin; Chapter 10 Fatalities, Simon Sparks; Part 6 Last Words; Chapter 11 Aphasia, Marc Froment-Meurice;