Early Greek thought

Early Greek thought: before the dawn

by Luchte, James

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This title calls into question a longstanding mythology - operative in both the analytic and continental traditions - that the 'pre-Socratics had the grandiose audacity to break with all traditional forms of knowledge' (Badiou). Each of the variants of this mythology is dismantled in an attempt to not only retrieve an 'indigenous' interpretation of early Greek thought, but also to expose the mythological character of our own contemporary meta-narratives regarding the 'origins' of 'Western', 'Oc…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Early Greek thought : before the dawn / James Luchte.

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This title calls into question a longstanding mythology - operative in both the analytic and continental traditions - that the 'pre-Socratics had the grandiose audacity to break with all traditional forms of knowledge' (Badiou). Each of the variants of this mythology is dismantled in an attempt to not only retrieve an 'indigenous' interpretation of early Greek thought, but also to expose the mythological character of our own contemporary meta-narratives regarding the 'origins' of 'Western', 'Occidental' philosophy.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Bloomsbury
  • Place of Publication:London
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2011.

The Physical Object

  • Description:xvii, 197 p. ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780567353313, 0567353311, 9781441146618, 144114661X
  • oclc:on1200060400
  • LC Classification:B187.5
  • Dewey Decimal:182

Subjects

Pre-Socratic philosophers Présocratiques

Writers

Luchte, James

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