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A Guide to Philosophy in Six Hours and Fifteen Minutes

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Availability:In StockContributor:Witold Gombrowicz, Benjamin Ivry (Translator)Series:Margellos World Republic of LettersPublish date:2012-04-24Pages:120
Language:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300181685ISBN-10:030018168XUPC:9780300181685Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:History & SurveysSize:7.72 x 5.07 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.3307Product ID:SCEWAP9GVS
In this inspired book, the eminent Polish author Witold Gombrowicz reflects on seven great philosophers

Witold Gombrowicz (1904-1969), novelist, essayist, and playwright, was one of the most important Polish writers of the twentieth century. A candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968, he was described by Milan Kundera as "one of the great novelists of our century" and by John Updike as "one of the profoundest of the late moderns."

Gombrowicz's works were considered scandalous and subversive by the ruling powers in Poland and were banned for nearly forty years. He spent his last years in France teaching philosophy; this book is a series of reflections based on his lectures. Gombrowicz discusses Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Sartre, and Heidegger in six "one-hour" essays and addresses Marxism in a shorter, "fifteen-minute," piece. The text--a literary gem full of sardonic wit, brilliant insights, and provocative criticism--constructs the philosophical lineage of his work.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300181685ISBN-10:030018168XUPC:9780300181685Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:History & SurveysSize:7.72 x 5.07 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.3307Product ID:SCEWAP9GVS
Witold Gombrowicz is the author of Ferdydurke, Trans-Atlantyk, Cosmos, and Pornografia, the first three available from Yale University Press. These, along with his plays and the three-volume Diary, have been translated into more than thirty languages. Benjamin Ivry is an American writer on the arts, a broadcaster, and a translator.
Publisher: Yale University Press

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