Book Review: the concept of world from Kant to Derrida by Sean Gaston

Cuffe, James (2014) Book Review: the concept of world from Kant to Derrida by Sean Gaston. LSE Review of Books (26 Feb 2014). Website.

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Sean Gaston sets out to provide an account of the concept of world from the mid-eighteenth century to the end of the twentieth century, exploring its possibilities and limitations and engaging with current issues in politics and ecology. He focuses on the work of five principal thinkers: Kant, Hegel, Husserl, Heidegger and Derrida, all of whom attempt to establish new grounds for seeing the world as a whole. The reader does not need to be a Kantian or Derridean scholar to enjoy the publication – though it would help and certainly enrich one’s reading – however, the title does demand a strong philosophical background in order to appreciate the intricacies of perspectives at work, writes James B. Cuffe.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/
Additional Information:	© 2014 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General)
Date Deposited:	19 Mar 2014 12:21
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2024 18:59
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/56146

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