Fragments
Subtitle: essays in subjectivity, individuality, and autonomy
By: by Pedro Blas González.
Publisher: Algora Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
Subjects: Literature -- Philosophy.; Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Philosophy -- Miscellanea.
Genres: Miscellanea.
Description: "The possibilities for philosophy have never been greater and more fruitful than now - and never more tragically squandered. Philosophy can become relevant once again, suggests Pedro Blas Gonzalez, if we drop the pointless analytical hair-splitting and self-referential word play, and the game of using it in an intellectual refutation of reality. No amount or degree of fashionable 'theory' can succeed in negating reality ... rather, philosophy's gifts shine through when we ask it to offer insight into questions of vital concerns for individuals. Despite the efforts of positivist thinkers to apply the methods of science to human consciousness, science and the humanities are not the same ... In a series of essays, Gonzalez takes a fresh look at the notion of subjectivity and the nature of the self, through the lenses of Phenomelogy, Existentialism, and philosophical aspects of literature."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The plight of subjectivity in an objective world : existential subjects in sinister situations; title: Pillars of remembrance : the plight of aesthetic vision and moral courage in the modern world; title: Auto-gnosis, subjectivity, and the role of maxims in philosophical reflection; title: On meaning in human existence; title: Loneliness and immortality in Enrique Anderson Imbert's 'El Fantasma'; title: Subjectivity and philosophical reflection in Jean Cocteau's Orpheus trilogy; title: Camus's hero of the absurd.