Transcendence and the Concrete: Selected Writings by Jean Wahl (English) Paperba

Description: Transcendence and the Concrete by Jean Wahl, Alan D. Schrift, Ian Alexander Moore Jean Wahl occupies a singular position in 20th Century French philosophy, introducing, in many cases for the first time in France, the works of major German philosophers. This volume offers translations of some of Wahls most important and influential essays on Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, and Jaspers. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Jean Wahl (1888-1974), once considered by the likes of Georges Bataille, Gilles Deleuze, Emmanuel Levinas, and Gabriel Marcel to be among the greatest French philosophers, has today nearly been forgotten outside France. Yet his influence on French philosophical thought can hardly be overestimated. Levinas wrote that "during over a half century of teaching and research, [Wahl] was the life force of the academic, extra-academic, and even, to a degree anti-academic philosophy necessary to a great culture." And Deleuze, for his part, commented that "Apart from Sartre, who remained caught none the less in the trap of the verb to be, the most important philosopher in France was Jean Wahl."Besides engaging with the likes of Bataille, Bergson, Deleuze, Derrida, Levinas, Maritain, and Sartre, Wahl also played a significant role, in some cases almost singlehandedly, in introducing French philosophy to movements like existentialism, and American pragmatism and literature, and thinkers like Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Jaspers, and Heidegger. Yet Wahl was also an original philosopher and poet in his own right. This volume of selections from Wahls philosophical writings makes a selection of his most important work available to the English-speaking philosophical community for the first time.Jean Wahl was Professor of Philosophy at the Sorbonne from 1936 to 1967, save during World War II, which he spent in the United States, having escaped from the Drancy internment camp. His books to appear in English include The Pluralist Philosophies of England and America (Open Court, 1925), The Philosophers Way (Oxford UP, 1948), A Short History of Existentialism (Philosophical Library, 1949), and Philosophies of Existence (Schocken, 1969). Author Biography Ian Alexander Moore is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University and a faculty member at St. Johns College. He is the author of Dialogue on the Threshold: Heidegger and Trakl (SUNY Press, 2022) and Eckhart, Heidegger, and the Imperative of Releasement (SUNY Press, 2019/2020); editor of Reiner SchÜrmanns Neo-Aristotelianism and the Medieval Renaissance (Diaphanes, 2020); coeditor of Jean Wahls Transcendence and the Concrete (Fordham University Press, 2017); and translator of texts by Heidegger, Gadamer, Levinas, Nancy, and Hamacher, among others. Table of Contents 1. Existence, Experience, and Transcendence: An Introduction to Jean Wahl 2. Preface to Toward the Concrete 3. Commentary on a Passage in Hegels Phenomenology of Spirit 4. Hegel and Kierkegaard 5. Heidegger and Kierkegaard: An Investigation into the Original Elements of Heideggers Philosophy 6. The Problem of Choice: Existence and Transcendence in Jasperss Philosophy 7. Subjectivity and Transcendence Appendix: A Letter to Heidegger 8. Nietzsche and the Death of God: A Note on Jasperss Nietzsche 9. Poetry and Metaphysics 10. Order and Disorder in Nietzsches Thought 11. Experience and Transcendence Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography of Works by Jean Wahl Index Review "Emmanuel Levinas likened the thought of Jean Wahl to a childs question coming from the lips of the wisest of philosophers, with the potential to disrupt and reorient thanks to its unexpected combination of innocence and intelligence. One of the most interesting and original thinkers of his time, Wahl helped invent existentialism and exerted influence on a host of canonical French philosophers of the twentieth century. Thanks to the marvelous editorial work of Ian Moore and Alan Schrift, this collection of Wahls writings recovers him for a new generation of readers." -- -Samuel Moyn Harvard University, author of Origins of the Other: Emmanuel Levinas between Revelation and Ethics Long Description Jean Wahl (1888-1974), once considered by the likes of Georges Bataille, Gilles Deleuze, Emmanuel Levinas, and Gabriel Marcel to be among the greatest French philosophers, has today nearly been forgotten outside France. Yet his influence on French philosophical thought can hardly be overestimated. Levinas wrote that "during over a half century of teaching and research, [Wahl] was the life force of the academic, extra-academic, and even, to a degree anti-academic philosophy necessary to a great culture." And Deleuze, for his part, commented that "Apart from Sartre, who remained caught none the less in the trap of the verb to be, the most important philosopher in France was Jean Wahl." Besides engaging with the likes of Bataille, Bergson, Deleuze, Derrida, Levinas, Maritain, and Sartre, Wahl also played a significant role, in some cases almost singlehandedly, in introducing French philosophy to movements like existentialism, and American pragmatism and literature, and thinkers like Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Jaspers, and Heidegger. Yet Wahl was also an original philosopher and poet in his own right. This volume of selections from Wahls philosophical writings makes a selection of his most important work available to the English-speaking philosophical community for the first time. Jean Wahl was Professor of Philosophy at the Sorbonne from 1936 to 1967, save during World War II, which he spent in the United States, having escaped from the Drancy internment camp. His books to appear in English include The Pluralist Philosophies of England and America (Open Court, 1925), The Philosophers Way (Oxford UP, 1948), A Short History of Existentialism (Philosophical Library, 1949), and Philosophies of Existence (Schocken, 1969). Review Text "Emmanuel Levinas likened the thought of Jean Wahl to a childs question coming from the lips of the wisest of philosophers, with the potential to disrupt and reorient thanks to its unexpected combination of innocence and intelligence. One of the most interesting and original thinkers of his time, Wahl helped invent existentialism and exerted influence on a host of canonical French philosophers of the twentieth century. Thanks to the marvelous editorial work of Ian Moore and Alan Schrift, this collection of Wahls writings recovers him for a new generation of readers." --Samuel Moyn, Harvard University, author of Origins of the Other: Emmanuel Levinas between Revelation and Ethics Review Quote The great value of this anthology lies in the way it illuminates for us the work and evident influence of this important philosopher. Details ISBN0823273024 Author Ian Alexander Moore Short Title TRANSCENDENCE & THE CONCRETE Publisher Fordham University Press Language English ISBN-10 0823273024 ISBN-13 9780823273027 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2016 Publication Date 2016-11-01 Imprint Fordham University Press Subtitle Selected Writings Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Edited by Ian Alexander Moore DEWEY 194 Birth 1944 UK Release Date 2016-11-01 AU Release Date 2016-11-01 NZ Release Date 2016-11-01 US Release Date 2016-11-01 Affiliation Amazon.com, Inc, Usa Position EDFRTR Qualifications Sir Pages 304 Series Perspectives in Continental Philosophy Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:126508392;

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