Blanchot's vigilance
Lars Iyer · 2014
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About the book
"In this volume, specialists in social and cultural history, early modern literature, philosophy and art history come together to explore the intersection between the material and the metaphorical at a time when emerging scientific discovery coexisted with traditional beliefs. An examination of the evolving knowledge, fears and desires of the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries can help us reflect on the 21st-century preoccupation with contagious diseases such as avian influenza, SARS, West Nile virus, Norwalk virus and the new strain of AIDS. The idea of contagion generates powerful metaphors that colour religious, political and artistic discourse. But during the early modern era, words and images take on literal force: in church or in the home reading novels, in the political arena or while travelling, disease shows up in and on bodies under the influence of language."--Jacket.
Book details
- Year
- 2014
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Editions
- 1
- ISBN
- 9781283182553
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