| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Godlessness, Purity and Simulacra -- 2 The Terror of Writing -- 3 Apathy, Energy and Transgression -- 4 Ethics and Modernity -- 5 Sadism as Formalism -- 6 Literature and the Clinical -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Reads six interpretations of the Marquis de Sade in French post-war philosophy: Klossowski, Blanchot, Bataille, Lacan, Barthes, and Deleuze to show how he sits at a crossroads of surprisingly disparate branches of western culture, from Tom and Jerry to Kant's moral philosophy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Sade, marquis de, 1740-1814 -- Philosophy -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Sade, marquis de, 1740-1814 fast |
| Subject |
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French.
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Philosophy
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781474430715 |
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1474430716 |
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1474430694 |
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9781474430692 |
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9781474430722 |
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1474430724 |
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