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The Sublime, Terror and Human Difference

Paperback • 2007 • English • 1. edition

The Sublime, Terror and Human Difference

By Christine Battersby

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About the book

{puffs to follow. . .}Christine Battersby is a leading thinker in the field of philosophy, gender studies and visual and literary aesthetics. In this important new work, she undertakes a thought-provoking exploration of the nature of the sublime, one of the most important topics in contemporary debates about modernity, politics and art. Through a close and compelling examination of terror, transcendence and the 'other' in key European philosophers and writers, Battersby articulates a radical 'fe...Show more

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ISBN

9780415148115

Publisher

Routledge

Published year

2007

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

The Sublime, Terror and Human Difference

Format

Paperback

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