art history
benjamin
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continental philosophy
cultural studies
derrida
descartes
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ethics
feminism
foucault
gadamer
gender studies
habermas
hegel
heidegger
history of philosophy
husserl
knowledge
levinas
merleau ponty
modern philosophy
morality
nietzsche
ocularcentric
philosophy
philosophy aesthetics
plato
political philosophy
power
sartre
television and film
vision centered paradigm
visual arts
visual discourse
western culture
western philosophy
western thought
wittgenstein
Product details
- ISBN 9780520079731
- Weight: 544g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 08 Nov 1993
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This collection of original essays by preeminent interpreters of continental philosophy explores the question of whether Western thought and culture have been dominated by a vision-centered paradigm of knowledge, ethics, and power. It focuses on the character of vision in modern philosophy and on arguments for and against the view that contemporary life and thought are distinctively "ocularcentric." The authors examine these ideas in the context of the history of philosophy and consider the character of visual discourse in the writings of Plato, Descartes, Hegel, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Benjamin, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Levinas, Derrida, Foucault, Gadamer, Wittgenstein, and Habermas. With essays on television, the visual arts, and feminism, the book will interest readers in cultural studies, gender studies, and art history as well as philosophers.
David Michael Levin is Senior Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University. His most recent book is The Listening Self (1989).
