The Discourse of the Syncope: Logodaedalus (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics)

195 Pages·2007·2.21 MB·English

by  Jean-Luc Nancy

THE DISCOURSEO F
TH E SYNCOPE
Logodaedalus
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Contents
Ackwnlogemdents
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LiosAft b ebvria,t ions
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TarnlastoIrno'stud rcotnKai:n ti nS tereo
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Preface
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§1 PreambTlheeD: i scouorfts heSe y ncope I
§ 2Al lt hRee sItsL iterature 17
§3 A VulnerParbelsee ntaantdi on
aD esiraEblleeg ance 22
§4 TheA mbiguoiftt yh Peo pular
anda S cienWciteh ouHto ney 46
§ 5D arllsutnaegndD itcuhng 68
§ 6T heS ubliSmyes taenmd t hSei cGke nius 91
§ 7L ogodaedalus 130
Appeixn: dmSeFo urthCeirt ations
RergdaiKanngt
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Notes
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Acknowlgmeednts
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