Philosophy as world literature / edited by Jeffrey R. Di Leo.

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TextLanguage: English Series: Literatures as world literaturePublication details: [S.l.] : BLOOMSBURY, 2022.Description: viii, 294 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

9781501351877
9781501370717

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DDC classification:

100 23 DIL

Contents:

Acknowledgments Philosophy as World Literature: An Introduction Jeffrey R. Di Leo (University of Houston-Victoria, USA) Part I World, Worlding, Worldliness 1. The World, the Text, and Philosophy: Reflections on Translation Brian O'Keeffe (Barnard College, USA) 2. Plato as World Literature Paul Allen Miller (University of South Carolina, USA) 3. Worlding Interpretation, or Fanon and the Poetics of Disalienation Nicole Simek (Whitman College, USA) 4. Alluvia: The Palimpsest of African Memory Michael Stern (University of Oregon, USA) Part II Migration and Difference 5. Feminism as World Literature Robin Truth Goodman (Florida State University, USA) 6. Astonishing Worlding: Montaigne and the New World Zahi Zalloua (Whitman College, USA) 7. Literature of the World, Unite! Peter Hitchcock (The Graduate Center, CUNY, USA) 8. Transatlantic Thoreau: Henry S. Salt, Gandhi, and British Humanitarian Socialism David M. Robinson (Oregon State University, USA) Part III Philosophy, Religion, and the East 9. Nietzsche and World Iterature: The Eternal Recurrence of Dualism in Thus Spake Zarathustra Jeffrey S. Librett (University of Oregon, USA) 10. Asian Philosophy, National Literatures, and World Literature Anthologies Junjie Luo (Gettysburg College, USA) 11. The Dharma of World Literature Ranjan Ghosh (University of North Bengal, India) 12. Olive-Red in Orhan Pamuk and Anton Shammas: Deconstruction's Eastward Dissemination Henry Sussman (Yale University, USA) Part IV Philosophy versus World Literature 13. Existentialism as World Literature: De Beauvoir, Heidegger, and Tolstoy Robert Doran (University of Rochester, USA) 14. Jorge Luis Borges and Philosophy Efraín Kristal (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) 15. Philosophy for the Masses: Haldeman-Julius, Durant, and The Story of Philosophy Jeffrey R. Di Leo (University of Houston-Victoria, USA) List of Contributors Index

Summary: What does it mean to consider philosophy as a species of not just literature but world literature? The authors in this collection explore philosophy through the lens of the "worlding" of literature--that is, how philosophy is connected and reconnected through global literary networks that cross borders, mix stories, and speak in translation and dialect. Historically, much of the world's most influential philosophy, from Plato's dialogues and Augustine's confessions to Nietzsche's aphorisms and Sartre's plays, was a form of literature--as well as, by extension, a form of world literature. Philosophy as World Literature offers a variety of accounts of how the worlding of literature problematizes the national categorizing of philosophy and brings new meanings and challenges to the discussion of intersections between philosophy and literature.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Philosophy & psychology	Non-fiction	100 DIL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	50449

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments
Philosophy as World Literature: An Introduction
Jeffrey R. Di Leo (University of Houston-Victoria, USA)
Part I World, Worlding, Worldliness
1. The World, the Text, and Philosophy: Reflections on Translation
Brian O'Keeffe (Barnard College, USA)
2. Plato as World Literature
Paul Allen Miller (University of South Carolina, USA)
3. Worlding Interpretation, or Fanon and the Poetics of Disalienation
Nicole Simek (Whitman College, USA)
4. Alluvia: The Palimpsest of African Memory
Michael Stern (University of Oregon, USA)
Part II Migration and Difference
5. Feminism as World Literature
Robin Truth Goodman (Florida State University, USA)
6. Astonishing Worlding: Montaigne and the New World
Zahi Zalloua (Whitman College, USA)
7. Literature of the World, Unite!
Peter Hitchcock (The Graduate Center, CUNY, USA)
8. Transatlantic Thoreau: Henry S. Salt, Gandhi, and British Humanitarian Socialism
David M. Robinson (Oregon State University, USA)
Part III Philosophy, Religion, and the East
9. Nietzsche and World Iterature: The Eternal Recurrence of Dualism in Thus Spake Zarathustra
Jeffrey S. Librett (University of Oregon, USA)
10. Asian Philosophy, National Literatures, and World Literature Anthologies
Junjie Luo (Gettysburg College, USA)
11. The Dharma of World Literature
Ranjan Ghosh (University of North Bengal, India)
12. Olive-Red in Orhan Pamuk and Anton Shammas: Deconstruction's Eastward Dissemination
Henry Sussman (Yale University, USA)
Part IV Philosophy versus World Literature
13. Existentialism as World Literature: De Beauvoir, Heidegger, and Tolstoy
Robert Doran (University of Rochester, USA)
14. Jorge Luis Borges and Philosophy
Efraín Kristal (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
15. Philosophy for the Masses: Haldeman-Julius, Durant, and The Story of Philosophy
Jeffrey R. Di Leo (University of Houston-Victoria, USA)
List of Contributors
Index

What does it mean to consider philosophy as a species of not just literature but world literature? The authors in this collection explore philosophy through the lens of the "worlding" of literature--that is, how philosophy is connected and reconnected through global literary networks that cross borders, mix stories, and speak in translation and dialect.

Historically, much of the world's most influential philosophy, from Plato's dialogues and Augustine's confessions to Nietzsche's aphorisms and Sartre's plays, was a form of literature--as well as, by extension, a form of world literature. Philosophy as World Literature offers a variety of accounts of how the worlding of literature problematizes the national categorizing of philosophy and brings new meanings and challenges to the discussion of intersections between philosophy and literature.

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