ISBN:
9780203724293
,
9781135773205
,
9781135773274
,
9781135773342
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xxxii, 384 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.9
Keywords:
Civilization, Western
;
Death
;
Loss (Psychology)
;
Lust
Abstract:
I. The ancient world -- II. Mutability, melancholy and quest : the Renaissance -- III. Social death -- IV. Modernity and philosophy : the authenticity of nothingness -- V. The desire not to be : late metaphysics and psychoanalysis -- VI. Renouncing death -- VII. The aesthetics of energy -- VIII. Death and the homoerotic.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-374) and index
DOI:
10.4324/9780203724293
Permalink