Madness and death in philosophy / Ferit Güven.

Author/Creator:

Güven, Ferit, 1966-

Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2005.

Series:

SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy

Format/Description:

Book
xii, 220 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects:

Death -- History.
Insanity (Law) -- History.
Philosophy -- History.

Contents:

Plato : death and madness in the Phaedo and Phaedrus
Hegel : the madness of the soul and the death of spirit
Heidegger : death as negativity
Heidegger : madness, negativity, truth, and history
Foucault : the history of madness
Conclusion : madness is not a thing of the past.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-210) and index.

ISBN:

0791463931 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

55008613

Online:

Table of contents
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0417/2004007829.html

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