A01=Ramona Fotiade
Author_Ramona Fotiade
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dissident writers
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ethical philosophy
French intellectual history
irrationalism
modernist aesthetics
surrealist existential critique
temporal subjectivity
Product details
- ISBN 9781900755474
- Weight: 430g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 31 Aug 2001
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The concept of the Absurd was a source of fascination for artists and intellectuals throughout the twentieth century. Two interpretations in particular were to provide major reference points for French writers in the 1920s and 1930s: the Surrealist 'free functioning of thought', and the existential critique of rational discourse elaborated by Leon Chestov(1866-1938) and Benjamine Fondane(1898-1944). In this highly original study, Fotiade examines the less familiar existential line, and shows that Chestov and Fondane's project found both support and illustration in the force-field of the Surrealist movement. the work of such dissident writers as Antonin Artuad, Roger Gilbert-Lecomte and Rene Daumal takes on wider intellectual context.
Ramona Fotiade is a Lecturer in French at the University of Glasgow.
