The cudgel and the caress : reflections on cruelty and tenderness / David Farrell Krell.

Explores the enduring significance of tenderness and cruelty in a range of works across philosophy, psychoanalysis, and literature. Divided into two parts, the book initially focuses on tenderness, with the author delivering original readings of Homer's "Iliad," Sophocles's "Antigone," and writings...

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Uniform Title:SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy.
Main Author: Krell, David Farrell (Author)
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2019]
Series:SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy.
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Physical Description:xxv, 311 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Preface -- Key to the principal sources cited -- Introduction. Part 1 Tenderness (Zärtlichkeit) : Tenderness and tragedy -- Homer's Iliad, Hölderlin's Briseiad -- Tender Antigone: forever younger -- Tender Schlegel, irascible Hegel -- Pulling strings wins no wisdom -- A woman without qualities? Part 2 Cruelty (Grausamkeit) : Caress of gestation, cudgel of birth -- The nervous system of a specter -- Freedom, imputability, cruelty -- Cruelty, power, art, tenderness. Index. 
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