Sublime failures: The Ethics of Kant and Sade

Door: Martyn, David


  • ISBN: 9780814330777
  • Boekreferentie: Filosofie
  • Uitgever: Wayne State University Press, 2003
  • Taal: ------------------
  • Categorie: Literatuur
  • Details: Gekartonneerd met stofomslag, Goed
  • Extra informatie: In Sublime Failures, David Martyn argues that a return to Kant's latent Sadianism helps to confront the unresolved question of agency -- or how to formulate an ethic after the deconstruction of the subject -- in cultural studies theory. Acknowledging allegations of Kant's empty formalism and even of his proximity to a certain Sadianism, Martyn argues that Kant's ethics are valid not despite but because of their similarity to those of Sade. In close readings that address the historical and materi
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