Philosophy of Exaggeration
Published on 1. May 2007
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-0-8264-9562-4 (ISBN)
Description
'Thought always exaggerates' Hannah Arendt writes. The question of exaggeration becomes a philosophical question when thought endeavours to clarify the ways in which it relates to limits. If its disclosing force depends on exaggeration, so does the confusion to which it can fall prey. This book analyses concepts such as truth and trust, practices such as politics and art, experiences such as the formation of a life line and its erasure, from the viewpoint of exaggeration.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8264-9562-4 (9780826495624)
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Persons
Alexander Garcia Duttmann is Professor of Philosophy and Visual Culture at Goldsmiths University of London, UK, and author of The Gift of Language and Memory of Thought, published in the Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers series.
Content
1. Splendor and Misery of Exaggeration: An Introduction; 2. Thinking as Gesture: Exaggeration and Philosophy; 3. Trust Me: Exaggeration and Enlightenment; 4. Odd Moves: Exaggeration and Irony; 5. The Violence of Destruction: Exaggeration and Infinity; 6....and...end...: Exaggeration and Politics; 7. Being Guilty: Exaggeration and Factuality; 8. Flight Simulator: Exaggeration and Trauma; 9. The Obvious: Exaggeration and Self-Evidence; 10. Blow Job: Exaggeration and Institution; 11. Old Opera: Exaggeration and Art; 12. Life Lines: Exaggeration and Event; 13. Lexical Note; 14. Acknowledgements.