In arguing that Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a philosophical explanation of the possibility of modernism, the author shows that literary fiction can do the work of philosophy.
Horowitz (philosophy, Vanderbilt U.) takes the subject of death in art in the work of Kant, Hegel, and Freud. He then examines the progress of the theme of memorialization in the art of Gerhard Richt
In order to grasp what it means to call Rousseau an "author" of the Revolution, as so many revolutionaries did, it is necessary to take full measure of the difficulties of literary interpretation to w
Riley (English and American studies, U. of East Anglia) investigates why the requirement to be something-or-other should be so hard to satisfy in a manner that is convincing to its subject. She conclu
Ranciere (philosophy, University of Paris VIII) first published his little book in French in 1990. Here one meets, through the journey, the proletariat "in person," (something like what Mao meant when
Bypassing the attempt to place Nietzsche as a modern or postmodern philosopher, Gooding-Williams (philosophy and humanities, Northwestern U.) argues that the German philosopher treats modernism as a p
In order to grasp what it means to call Rousseau an "author" of the Revolution, as so many revolutionaries did, it is necessary to take full measure of the difficulties of literary interpretation to w
