Henry Miller, the inhuman artist: a philosophical inquiry
Against skeptics, Manniste argues that Miller does indeed have a philosophy of his own, which underpins most of his texts. It is demonstrated that this philosophy, as a metaphysical sense of life, forms a system the understanding of which is necessary to adequately explain even some of the most basic of Miller's ideas. Building upon his notion of the inhuman artist, Miller's philosophical foundation is revealed through his literary attacks against the metaphysical design of the modern age. It i…
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- Full title :Henry Miller, the inhuman artist : a philosophical inquiry / Indrek Manniste.
Summary
Against skeptics, Manniste argues that Miller does indeed have a philosophy of his own, which underpins most of his texts. It is demonstrated that this philosophy, as a metaphysical sense of life, forms a system the understanding of which is necessary to adequately explain even some of the most basic of Miller's ideas. Building upon his notion of the inhuman artist, Miller's philosophical foundation is revealed through his literary attacks against the metaphysical design of the modern age. It is argued that, by repudiating some of the most potent elements of late modernity such as history, mod.
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- Publication Date:2013.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Bloomsbury
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xvi, 148 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781623562083, 1623562082, 9781472543622, 1472543629, 1623561086, 9781623561086, 9781623569006, 1623569001
- oclc:ocn854569653
- LC Classification:PS3525.I5454
- Dewey Decimal:818/.5209
Table of Contents
Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Notes; Chapter 1 Prelude to a Future Philosophy: Modernist Melancholy, Dadaist Dances, and Surrealist Songs; A modernist who got left out in the cold; Modernists in Europe, Miller in America; Dadaist dances; Surrealist songs; Where do we go from here?; Notes; Chapter 2 Apocalypse Now: The End of History and the Twofold Present; Apocalypse and modern consciousness; Toward the ahistorical; Linear history rejected; Away from the "middle"; Two presents uncovered; Against the "transitional" moderns.
Dealing with the crisisEn route to Philosophia Milleriana via the traditional and full present; Notes; Chapter 3 The Anxiety of Enframing: Miller, Modern Technology, and Work; The rise of modern technology; Technological America and Miller's youth; Spengler, the machine and the Faustian man; Against false progress; Miller, technology, and the Frankfurt School; Overthrowing metaphysics with Heidegger: Traditional present and the metaphysical ground; Traditional present ontic, full present ontological?; Modern technology as Enframing.
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