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The egalitarian sublime

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Against the unjust legacies of the traditional sublime, James Williams defends an anarchist sublime: multiple, self-destructive and temporary; opposed to any idea of highest value to be shared by all, but always imposed on the powerless.

Title The egalitarian sublime : a process philosophy / James Williams. [electronic resource]
Publisher Oxford : Oxford University Press
Creation Date 2020
Notes Previously issued in print: Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2019.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Content Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Microcritique and the Sublime -- 3 Nietzsche Against the Egalitarian Sublime -- 4 The Return to the Sublime -- 5 Sublime Miseries -- 6 Defining the Egalitarian Sublime -- 7 Conclusion: The Sublime as Crisis -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Series Edinburgh scholarship online
Extent 1 online resource (201 pages)
Language English
National Library system number 997010707201905171
MARC RECORDS
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