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Vanishing selves : negotiating selfhood in self-representational works by Goethe, Sand and Nietzsche

Title

Vanishing selves : negotiating selfhood in self-representational works by Goethe, Sand and Nietzsche / Ingemar Haag.

Author

Haag, Ingemar

Publication

Berlin : Peter Lang, [2022]
©2022

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Description

269 pages; 22 cm.

Summary

This study examines a series of self-representations from the 19th century (by Goethe, Sand, Nietzsche) that obstruct a confessional and psychologizing mode by diminishing the significance of the self. The theoretical inspiration is drawn from thinkers like Emmanuel Levinas, Hannah Arendt, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and others, who give priority to the individual’s close attachment to a multifaceted world. This approach will lead us to themes and concepts like "participation," "perception," "togetherness," "otherness," "corporeality," "collectivism," "publicness," and "sociality." Vanishing Selves displays different forms of attachment to the world and identifies the ethical and existential potential in the affirmation of a world.--Back cover.

Series Statement

Nordeuropäische Arbeiten zur Literatur, Sprache und Kultur = Northern European studies in literature, language and culture, 2196-9760 ; Band = Volume 14

Uniform Title

Nordeuropäische Arbeiten zur Literatur, Sprache und Kultur ; Bd. 14.

Alternative Title

Negotiating selfhood in self-representational works by Goethe, Sand and Nietzsche

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-264) and index.

Call Number

BD438.5

ISBN

3631856717
9783631856710
9783631865842 (canceled/invalid)
9783631865835 (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

on1286790769
1286790769
SCSB-14536891

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Columbia University Libraries