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Author:   Stephen Mulhall (New College, Oxford)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.676kg
ISBN:  

9780199661787

ISBN 10:   0199661782
Pages:   348
Publication Date:   18 April 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Introduction Dramatis Personae Exemplars of Identity: The Bearing of Proper Names in the Philosophical Investigations Smoking in Wartime: Sartrean Scenes I Orchestral Metaphysics: The Birth of Tragedy Between Drama, Opera and Philosophy The Metaphysics of (Secret) Agency Or: Three Ways of Not Being James Bond The Gamblers of Roulettenburg: Sartrean Scenes II The Melodramatic Reality of Film and Literature Or: Elizabeth Costello's Cinematic Sisters Fetters, Shadows and Circles: Freedom and Form in Human, All Too Human The Trials of Desire: Sartrean Scenes III Countering the Ballad of Co-Dependency: The Realistic Spirit of David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Promising Animal: The Art of Reading On the Genealogy of Morality as Testimony The Decipherment of Signs: Sartrean Scenes IV Quartet: Wallace's Wittgenstein, Moran's Amis Bibliography Filmography

Reviews

In this brilliant collection of essays, Mulhall uncovers core concerns of philosophical writers ... Readers interested in philosophy, literature, and film will benefit greatly from the guidance and verve of Britain's finest philosopher writing today. Joshua Furnal, Church of England Newspaper

a philosophical-cum-literary tour de force. * Daniel D. Hutto, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews * In this brilliant collection of essays, Mulhall uncovers core concerns of philosophical writers ... Readers interested in philosophy, literature, and film will benefit greatly from the guidance and verve of Britain's finest philosopher writing today. * Joshua Furnal, Church of England Newspaper *

Mulhall offers interrelated essays that focus on the general theme of selfhood considered in terms of nonidentity. The discussion is very wide-ranging. This book is always an interesting read, and its theme is especially significant in these postmodern times. -R. White, Creighton University, CHOICE

Author Information

Stephen Mulhall is a Professor of Philosophy, and a Tutorial Fellow of New College, Oxford. He was previously a Prize Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and a Reader in Philosophy at the University of Essex.

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