Descripción
Genevieve Lloyd illuminates and challenges some perplexing aspects of contemporary attitudes to wonder. Central to her argument is the claim that wonder has come to be largely eclipsed by the allure of the notion of the Sublime - a concept closely associated with Romantic Idealism.
Lloyd offers us a renewed sense of wonder, reconnected with its philosophical history, that plays a significant role in contemporary social critique. In her path to reclaim wonder, she moves between philosophical and literary sources. She draws especially on Flaubert's responses to Romanticism and his related treatment of stupidity, which influenced the thought of Jean-Paul Sartre, Gilles Deleuze and Jacques Derrida. She also reaches into contemporary debates on refugees, secularisation and climate change.
Author: Genevieve Lloyd
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 02/08/2018
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.30w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781474433112
ISBN10: 1474433111
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Aesthetics
- Political Science | History & Theory | General
- Philosophy | Political
About the Author
Genevieve Lloyd is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of New South Wales, Australia. She is a graduate of the University of Sydney, and holds graduate degrees from the University of Oxford. In 1987, she was appointed to the chair of philosophy at UNSW, making her the first female professor of philosophy appointed in Australia. Her research has been mainly in history of philosophy - especially 17th and 18th century philosophy, feminist philosophy and the relations between philosophy and literature.