Ethics of Writing

AvCarlo Sini

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

Del i serien SUNY series in Contemporary Italian Philosophy

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First English translation of Sini's important work on the influence of writing and the alphabet on Western rationality.In this groundbreaking work, Carlo Sini, one of Italy's leading contemporary philosophers, brings American pragmatism to the Milan school of phenomenology. Appearing in English for the first time, this book explores the constitutive role of alphabetic writing in the emergence of dominant forms of knowledge in the Western world (philosophy, mathematics, science, and historiography). Taking stock of the contingent nature of what are held as logical truths, he offers an ethical framework for considering different ways of thinking about writing, focusing on possibilities involving "practice" as a basis for a renewal of theoretical philosophy. Such a framework, Sini argues, opens the door for more productive and ethical communication with non-Western cultures, and indeed for a reconsideration of forms of knowledge beyond mere writing.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-10-20
Mått:152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt:408 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:SUNY series in Contemporary Italian Philosophy
Antal sidor:186
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9781438428512
Översättare:Silvia Benso, Brian Schroeder

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Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion

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Carlo Sini is Professor of Philosophy at Milan State University and the author of many books, including Images of Truth: From Sign to Symbol. Silvia Benso is Professor of Philosophy at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She is the author of The Face of Things: A Different Side of Ethics and translator and coeditor (with Brian Schroeder) of Contemporary Italian Philosophy: Crossing the Borders of Ethics, Politics, and Religion, both also published by SUNY Press. Brian Schroeder is Professor of Philosophy at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is the coeditor (with Lissa McCullough) of Thinking through the Death of God: A Critical Companion to Thomas J. J. Altizer, also published by SUNY Press.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction by Silvia BensoPART I. Logic and Writing: The Content of the Form1. The Question2. Writing3. Archewriting4. The Content of the Form PART II. The Tradition of Thought5. The Tradition of Philosophy6. The Task of Thinking Practices7. The Ethics of ThinkingNotesBibliography Index