Foucault and the history of philosophical transcendence freedom, nature and agency / Christopher Falzon.
| Author/creator | Falzon, Christopher, 1957- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024. |
| Description | 240 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
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| Abstract | "In an original approach to Foucault's philosophy, Christopher Falzon argues for a reading of Foucault as a philosopher of finite transcendence, and explores its implications for ethics. In order to distinguish Foucault's position, Falzon charts the historical trajectory of transcendence as a philosophical concept, starting with the radical notion of transcendence that was introduced by Plato, and which reappears in various forms in subsequent thinkers from the Stoics to Descartes, and from Kant to Sartre. He argues that Foucault's critique of the transcendent subject of humanism is a rejection not of transcendence per se but of radical transcendence in its distinctively modern form. As such, he shows how Foucault's conceptualisation of transcendence as finite enables a picture of the human being as neither fully determined nor a creature of infinite possibilities, but as both subject and object, affected by but also able to affect the world. With the notion of finite transcendence Falzon captures the essence of Foucault's unique philosophy and provides a new insight into his contribution to ethics. Demonstrating its contemporary relevance, Foucault and the History of Philosophical Transcendencefurther explores the potential application of Foucault's approach to the current ecological crisis." -- Page 4 of cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-230) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Issued in other form | Electronic version: Falzon, Christopher. Foucault and the History of Philosophical Transcendence. London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2024 9781350182776 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024405357 |
| ISBN | 1350182761 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9781350182769 (hardcover) |
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