The Hidden God: A Study of Tragic Vision in the <i> Pensees</i> of Pascal and the Tragedies of Racine
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The Hidden God: A Study of Tragic Vision in the <i> Pensees</i> of Pascal and the Tragedies of Racine

The Hidden God: A Study of Tragic Vision in the <i> Pensees</i> of Pascal and the Tragedies of Racine

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Lucien Goldmann (Author) Michael Loewy (Contributor) Philip Thody (Contributor)  

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A new edition of a major philosophical work This remarkable text, first published in 1964, was a landmark of its era and remains, in the words of Michael Loewy, a work of "remarkable richness." Drawing on Georg Lukacs' History and Class Consciousness, Lucien Goldmann applies the concept of "world visions" to flesh out the similarities between Pascal's Pensees and Kant's critical philosophy, contrasting them with the rationalism of Descartes and the empiricism of Hume. For Goldmann, a leading exponent of the most fruitful method of applying Marxist ideas to literary and philosophical problems, the "tragic vision" marked an important phase in the development of European thought, as it moved from rationalism and empiricism to the dialectical philosophy of Hegel, Marx and Lukacs. Here he offers a general approach to the problems of philosophy, of literary criticism, and of the relationship between thought and action in human society.
Lucien Goldmann was a French philosopher and sociologist of Jewish-Romanian origin. As a professor at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris, he was an influential Marxist theorist.Michael Loewy is Research Director of Sociology at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris. His previous books include Redemption and Utopia: Liberation Judaism in Central Europe, Marxism in Latin America and The War of the Gods: Religion and Politics in Latin America.
  • Contributor: Lucien Goldmann
  • Imprint: Verso Books
  • ISBN13: 9781781689769
  • Number of Pages: 464
  • Packaged Dimensions: 140x210x30mm
  • Packaged Weight: 662
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Verso Books
  • Release Date: 2016-07-12
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Lucien Goldmann was a French philosopher and sociologist of Jewish-Romanian origin. As a professor at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris, he was an influential Marxist theorist.Michael Loewy is Research Director of Sociology at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris. His previous books include Redemption and Utopia: Liberation Judaism in Central Europe, Marxism in Latin America and The War of the Gods: Religion and Politics in Latin America.

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