| Description |
x, 215 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : self-denying creativity -- 1. Necessary fate -- 2. The allure of tragic guilt -- 3. Tragic modern subjectivity -- 4. The fiction of fate -- 5. Tragic autonomy meets ethical heteronomy |
| Summary |
"Seductions of Fate argues that tragedy shapes our subjectivity. We, modern subjects, constitute ourselves on new versions of destiny, such as 'power', the law or the past. Though this tragic self-representation seems to contradict the modern rationality, it allows the self to protect its freedom from the ethical experience that would put it into question. Autonomy and freedom are thus enabled by the very victimization they claim to overcome. Hence the paradox of our tragic subjectivity: we represent ourselves as victims in order to preserve our autonomy."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-208) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Ethics.
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Subjectivity.
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Tragic, The, in literature.
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Tragic, The.
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| Author |
Palgrave Connect (Online service)
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| LC no. |
2003066180 |
| ISBN |
1403921717 |
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