The Notion of Authority
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The Notion of Authority by Alexandre Kojeve
Fascinating discussion of authority from the enigmatic Russian-born philosopher.
Kojève was a magician of thought.. undoubtedly, he was the inventor of the last grand narrative of philosophy and history, of which the neo-conservative ideologue Fukuyama was but a mediocre imitator. -- Pierre Macherey
Kojève spoke of Hegel's religious philosophy, the phenomenology of Spirit, master and slave, the struggle for prestige, the in-itself, the for-itself, nothingness, projects, the human essence as revealed in the struggle onto death and in the transformation of error into truth. Strange theses for a world beleaguered by fascism! -- Louis Althusser
Alexandre Kojève's originality and courage, it must be said, is to have perceived the impossibility of going any further, the necessity, consequently, of renouncing the creation of an original philosophy and, thereby, the interminable starting-over which is the avowal of the vanity of thought. -- Georges Bataille
Kojève's lectures made a deep impression on his listeners - to more various and influential effect than probably any others in France this century -- Perry Anderson
A brilliant Russian émigré who taught a highly influential series of seminars in Paris. Kojève had a major impact on the intellectual life of the continent. Among his students ranged such future luminaries as Jean-Paul Sartre and Raymond Aron. -- Francis Fukuyama
Alexandre Kojève ... is one of the most notable Russian thinkers of the twentieth century ... the lectures represent an exceedingly important (and tendentious) interpretation of Hegel, if not an independent philosophical view in the guise of a seemingly objective scholarly commentary. -- Jeff Love * Slavic and East European Journal *
Kojève spoke of Hegel's religious philosophy, the phenomenology of Spirit, master and slave, the struggle for prestige, the in-itself, the for-itself, nothingness, projects, the human essence as revealed in the struggle onto death and in the transformation of error into truth. Strange theses for a world beleaguered by fascism! -- Louis Althusser
Alexandre Kojève's originality and courage, it must be said, is to have perceived the impossibility of going any further, the necessity, consequently, of renouncing the creation of an original philosophy and, thereby, the interminable starting-over which is the avowal of the vanity of thought. -- Georges Bataille
Kojève's lectures made a deep impression on his listeners - to more various and influential effect than probably any others in France this century -- Perry Anderson
A brilliant Russian émigré who taught a highly influential series of seminars in Paris. Kojève had a major impact on the intellectual life of the continent. Among his students ranged such future luminaries as Jean-Paul Sartre and Raymond Aron. -- Francis Fukuyama
Alexandre Kojève ... is one of the most notable Russian thinkers of the twentieth century ... the lectures represent an exceedingly important (and tendentious) interpretation of Hegel, if not an independent philosophical view in the guise of a seemingly objective scholarly commentary. -- Jeff Love * Slavic and East European Journal *
Alexandre Kojève (1902-68) was one of the key figures of twentieth-century philosophy. He is most widely known for his lectures on Hegel, Introduction to the Reading of Hegel, which shaped a generation of French intellectuals. Other titles in English include Outline of a Phenomenology of Right and The Concept, Time, and Discourse.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781781680957 |
| ISBN 10 | 1781680957 |
| Title | The Notion of Authority |
| Author | Alexandre Kojève |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Verso Books |
| Year published | 2014-08-19 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
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