Prophets of Extremity

Prophets of Extremity
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 428
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ISBN-10 : 0520052390
ISBN-13 : 9780520052390
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Book Synopsis Prophets of Extremity by : Allan Megill

Download or read book Prophets of Extremity written by Allan Megill and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, the author presents an interpretation of four thinkers: Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault, and Derrida. In an attempt to place these thinkers within the wider context of the crisis-oriented modernism and postmodernism that have been the source of much of what is most original and creative in twentieth-century art and thought.


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