Description: Afterness by Gerhard Richter Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Gerhard Richters groundbreaking study argues that the concept of "afterness" is a key figure in the thought and aesthetics of modernity. It pursues questions such as: What does it mean for something to "follow" something else? Does that which follows mark a clear break with what came before it, or does it in fact tacitly perpetuate its predecessor as a consequence of its inevitable indebtedness to the terms and conditions of that from which it claims to have departed? Indeed, is not the very act of breaking with, and then following upon, a way of retroactively constructing and fortifying that from which the break that set the movement of following into motion had occurred?The book explores the concept and movement of afterness as a privileged yet uncanny category through close readings of writers such as Kant, Kafka, Heidegger, Bloch, Benjamin, Brecht, Adorno, Arendt, Lyotard, and Derrida. It shows how the vexed concepts of afterness, following, and coming after shed new light on a constellation of modern preoccupations, including personal and cultural memory, translation, photography, hope, and the historical and conceptual specificity of what has been termed "after Auschwitz." The studys various analyses-across a heterogeneous collection of modern writers and thinkers, diverse historical moments of articulation, and a range of media-conspire to illuminate Lyotards apodictic statement that "after philosophy comes philosophy. But it has been altered by the after." As Richters intricate study demonstrates, much hinges on our interpretation of the "after." After all, our most fundamental assumptions concerning modern aesthetic representation, conceptual discourse, community, subjectivity, and politics are at stake. Author Biography Gerhard Richter is professor of German studies and comparative literature and chair of the Department of German Studies at Brown University. He is the author of Thought-Images: Frankfurt School Writers Reflections from Damaged Life; Asthetik des Ereignisses: Sprache--Geschichte--Medium; and Walter Benjamin and the Corpus of Autobiography. He is also the editor of five additional books in the area of European critical thought, including Language Without Soil: Adorno and Late Philosophical Modernity. Details ISBN 0231157703 ISBN-13 9780231157704 Title Afterness Author Gerhard Richter Format Hardcover Year 2011 Pages 272 Publisher Columbia University Press GE_Item_ID:142948539; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9780231157704
Book Title: Afterness
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Name: Afterness : Figures of Following in Modern Thought and Aesthetics
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication Year: 2011
Subject: Movements / Deconstruction, Aesthetics, Time, History & Surveys / Modern
Item Height: 0.1 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 19.8 Oz
Item Length: 0.9 in
Author: Gerhard Richter
Subject Area: Philosophy, Science
Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts Ser.
Item Width: 0.7 in
Format: Hardcover
