Rethinking the concept of world : towards transcendental multiplicity /
By engaging with the work of modern and contemporary philosophers and writers, in particular G. W. Leibniz, Alain Badiou, Gilles Deleuze, Jacques Rancière and Marcel Proust, Rok Benčin proposes a new understanding of these worlds as overlapping transcendental frameworks consisting of fictional struc...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2024].
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| Summary: | By engaging with the work of modern and contemporary philosophers and writers, in particular G. W. Leibniz, Alain Badiou, Gilles Deleuze, Jacques Rancière and Marcel Proust, Rok Benčin proposes a new understanding of these worlds as overlapping transcendental frameworks consisting of fictional structures that frame ontological multiplicity. Examining political conflicts and aesthetic interferences that exist between divergent worlds today, he reconsiders the way political and artistic practices reconfigure contemporary experiences of worldliness |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 229 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [208]-220) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1399502891 9781399502894 |