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Title

Intuition of the instant / Gaston Bachelard ; translated from the French by Eileen Rizo-Patron.

Author

Bachelard, Gaston, 1884-1962

Publication

Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, c2013.

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Additional Authors

• Lescure, Jean.
• Rizo-Patron, Eileen.

Description

xvii, 98 pages; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Northwestern University studies in phenomenology and existential philosophy

Uniform Title

• Intuition de l'instant. English
• Northwestern University studies in phenomenology & existential philosophy.

Alternative Title

Intuition de l'instant.

Subject

• Roupnel, Gaston, 1871-1946
• Bachelard, Gaston, 1884-1962
• Time perception

Note

• "Originally published in French in 1932 under the title L'intuition de l'instant copyright (c) 1932, 1992, Editions Stock. Appendix B contains a translated excerpt from Introduction a la poetique de Bachelard, by Jean Lescure, copyright (c) 1966 by Editions Denoel."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-83) and index.

Language (note)

• Translated from the French.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The instant -- The problem of habit and discontinuous time -- The idea of progress and the intuition of discontinuous time -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: "Poetic instant and metaphysical instant" by Gaston Bachelard -- Appendix B: Reading Bachelard reading Siloe: an excerpt from "Introduction to Bachelard's poetics" by Jean Lescure -- Appendix C: A short biography of Gaston Bachelard.

ISBN

• 9780810129054 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0810129051 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780810129047 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0810129043 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

• ^^2012036250
• 40022594584

OCLC

• 809926169
• SCSB-12361330

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library