num_pages: 124
description: Cacciari, academic (aesthetics, U. of Venice) and mayor of Venice as of 1993, surveys the history of angels in Judaic, Islamic, and Christian traditions; and how Dante, Rilke, Kafka, and other writers have used the metaphor of angels to speak about the phenomenology of language. Translated from the
language: English
title: The Necessary Angel
titlecomplete: The Necessary Angel
genres: Philosophy
ratings_count: 16
series: SUNY Series: Intersections: Philosophy and Critical Theory
publisher: State University of New York Press