Intuition of the Instant
Will be published approx. on 30. April 2013
Book
Hardback
104 pages
978-0-8101-2905-4 (ISBN)
Description
Appearing in English for the first time, Intuition of the Instant-Bachelard's first metaphysical meditation on time and its moral implications-was written in 1932 in the wake of Husserl's lectures on streaming time-consciousness, Heidegger's Being and Time, and Henri Bergson's philosophy of the elan vital. A culmination of Bachelard's earlier studies in scientific epistemology, this work builds the epistemic framework that would lead theorists of all stripes to advance knowledge by breaking with accepted modes of thought.
Intuition of the Instant sows the seeds of Bachelard's future poetics, most notably in the essay "Poetic Instant and Metaphysical Instant" (1939)-included in this volume, along with an excerpt from Jean Lescure's lecture "Introduction to Bachelard's Poetics" (1966). Eileen Rizo-Patron's translation offers a key to Bachelard's subsequent works on science, time, and imagination, which remain epistemological touchstones.
Intuition of the Instant sows the seeds of Bachelard's future poetics, most notably in the essay "Poetic Instant and Metaphysical Instant" (1939)-included in this volume, along with an excerpt from Jean Lescure's lecture "Introduction to Bachelard's Poetics" (1966). Eileen Rizo-Patron's translation offers a key to Bachelard's subsequent works on science, time, and imagination, which remain epistemological touchstones.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Evanston
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
320 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8101-2905-4 (9780810129054)
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Gaston Bachelard (1884-1962) began his teaching career in 1919 as professor of physics and chemistry at the College de Bar-sur-Aube. In 1927, Bachelard earned his doctorate in letters at the Sorbonne, specialising in epistemology. In 1930 he was appointed professor of philosophy at the University of Dijon, where he taught until 1940, at which time he was named chair of history and philosophy of science at the Sorbonne (1940-1954). In 1961 he won the French Grand Prix National des Lettres for his widely acclaimed The Poetics of Space (La poetique de l'espace, 1957).
Eileen Rizo-Patron edited Traversing the Heart: Journeys of the Inter-religious Imagination(2010) with Richard Kearney. She is currently a research associate at State University of New York, Binghamton's Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Philosophy, Interpretation, and Culture.
Eileen Rizo-Patron edited Traversing the Heart: Journeys of the Inter-religious Imagination(2010) with Richard Kearney. She is currently a research associate at State University of New York, Binghamton's Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Philosophy, Interpretation, and Culture.