This Side of Philosophy
eBook - ePub

This Side of Philosophy

Literature and Thinking in Twentieth-Century Spanish Letters

  1. 368 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

This Side of Philosophy

Literature and Thinking in Twentieth-Century Spanish Letters

About this book

Assesses a distinct style of thinking in twentieth-century Spanish writing, one in which literature plays a central role in reaching behind philosophy to essential sources of life and meaning.

Struck by the contrast between the prestige of their literary tradition and their apparent philosophical insignificance, modern writers from Spain have devoted themselves to exploring the relation between literature and philosophy. This Side of Philosophy focuses on four major authors-Miguel de Unamuno, José Ortega y Gasset, Antonio Machado, and María Zambrano-who engage literary resources in order to reach beyond philosophy to the essential sources of life. Connecting their work to that of other European thinkers dedicated to illuminating the fertile interaction of literature and philosophy-especially Plato, Schlegel, Heidegger, and Derrida-Stephen Gingerich makes a case for the relevance of Spanish thought to contemporary efforts to expand the ethical and theoretical powers of thinking through literature. At the same time, Gingerich challenges the conventional view that contemporary Spanish thought fuses or reconciles literature and philosophy, instead discerning a call to appreciate their difference in relation. For these writers, literature and philosophy are repulsed by each other as inexorably as they are drawn together.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface: Life (before) Philosophy
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Chapter 1 Closer Than You Think: Spain and Philosophy
  8. Chapter 2 Relating Philosophy and Literature: Greeks and Romantics, Dichten-Denken, and le Poématique
  9. Chapter 3 Unamuno’s Twins: Feeling Philosophy and Philosophical Aesthesis
  10. Chapter 4 JosuĂ© Ortiga y Gazette and Reason’s Living Narrative
  11. Chapter 5 Antonio Machado, Writing Ephemeral Passages
  12. Chapter 6 “Inconstant Clarity”: The Antagonism of Philosophy and Poetry in María Zambrano
  13. Epilogue: Philosophy after Life
  14. Notes
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index
  17. Back Cover