Afterness
Subtitle: figures of following in modern thought and aesthetics
By: Gerhard Richter
Series: Columbia themes in philosophy, social criticism, and the arts
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780231157704; 9780231530347
Subjects: Philosophy; Aesthetics; Modern Philosophy; Time
Description: Gerhard Richter's study argues that the concept of 'afterness' is key to understanding the thought and aesthetics of modernity. He pursues such questions as what it means for something to 'follow' something else and whether what follows marks a clear break with what comes before. The book's various analyses illuminate Lyotard's apodictic statement that 'after philosophy comes philosophy. But it has been altered by the after'. The book demonstrates, that much hinges on our interpretation of the 'after'.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the logic of afterness; title: Afterness and modernity : a genealogical note; title: Afterness and critique : a paradigmatic case; title: Afterness and aesthetics : end without end; title: Afterness and rettung : can anything be rescued by defending it?; title: Afterness and translation : the politics of carrying across; title: Afterness and the image (I) : unsettling photography; title: Afterness and the image (II) : image withdrawal; title: Afterness and experience (I) : can hope be disappointed?; title: Afterness and experience (II) : crude thinking rethought; title: Afterness and experience (III) : mourning, memory, and the fictions of anteriority; title: Afterness and empty space : no longer and not yet; title: Afterwards : after-words.