Transgression and the Inexistent
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Transgression and the Inexistent

A Philosophical Vocabulary

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Transgression and the Inexistent

A Philosophical Vocabulary

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A contemporary philosopher of Tunisian origin, Mehdi Belhaj Kacem is here published in English for the first time. His new book, Transgression and the Inexistent: A Philosophical Vocabulary, is a comprehensive foray into Kacem's elaborate philosophical system in twenty-seven discreet chapters, each dedicated to a single concept. In each chapter, he explicates a critical re-thinking of ordinary lived experiences - such as desire, irony, play - or traditional philosophical ideas – such as catharsis, mimesis, techne – in light of 'the spirit of nihilism' that marks the contemporary human condition. Kacem gained notoriety in the domain of critical theory amid his controversial break with his mentor and leading contemporary philosopher, Alain Badiou. Transgression and the Inexistent lays out the essential concepts of his philosophical system: it is the most complete and synthetic book of his philosophical work, as well as being one of the most provocative in its claims. As a Francophone author engaging with contemporary world thought, he is able to develop novel philosophical perspectives that reach beyond the Middle East or the Continental, and the East/West binary. This is the book's first publication in any language, constituting a much-awaited first translation of Kacem into English.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2014
ISBN
9781472526021
Edition
1
Topic
Política y relaciones internacionales
Subtopic
Políticas de Oriente Medio

Table of contents

  1. FC
  2. Half title
  3. Suspensions: Contemporary Middle Eastern and Islamicate Thought
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Translator’s Note
  8. Foreword
  9. Affect
  10. Appropriation
  11. Art
  12. Aufhebung
  13. Desire
  14. Ontological differend
  15. Event
  16. Expropriation
  17. Woman
  18. History
  19. Man
  20. Irony
  21. Play
  22. Catharsis
  23. Logic
  24. Evil
  25. Mathematics
  26. Mimesis
  27. Nihilism
  28. Parody
  29. Politics
  30. Representation
  31. Singularity
  32. Science
  33. Techne
  34. Transgression
  35. Appendix: Propreptic to Being and Sexuation
  36. Notes
  37. Bibliography
  38. Index