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Alkibiades' Love

Essays in Philosophy

March 9, 2015 | Trade paperback
ISBN: 9780773544642
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Description

Alkibiades, a central character in Plato's Symposium, claims that philosophy touches him to the quick. When Socrates speaks, he's often moved to tears and realizes he must change his life. In Alkibiades' Love, Jan Zwicky demonstrates that this image of philosophy is not anachronistic, but remains the living heart of the discipline. Philosophy can indeed matter to our lives, but for it to do so, we must reconceive the methods that, since the Enlightenment, have dominated its self-image in the West. In these meticulously researched essays, Zwicky argues that analytic and poststructuralist philosophy are not simply fashions in academic discourse, but are manifestations of the technocracy which they sustain and promote. The alternative she develops, by showing it in action, is lyric philosophy - an integrated mode of understanding whose foundations lie in the way we comprehend music and metaphor. Written in lucid and powerful prose, Alkibiades' Love will interest a broad readership, from students of ancient Greek philosophy to ecologists seeking a coherent foundation for their work. Zwicky offers deep and original readings of Freud, Plato, and Simone Weil, and resuscitates Max Wertheimer's work, linking it to our comprehension of mathematics, metaphor, and ecological structures. Zwicky has been hailed as one of the most important and original thinkers of our time. Alkibiades' Love illuminates and extends her groundbreaking work while providing an accessible introduction for those coming to her thought for the first time.

About this Author

Jan Zwicky is an internationally recognized poet and independent scholar. She has held appointments at numerous universities including Princeton, the University of Alberta, and the University of Victoria.

ISBN: 9780773544642
Format: Trade paperback
Pages: 384
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 2015-03-09

Reviews

"Zwicky gathers, and in some cases revises, 11 of her most thoughtful and widely read articles from the last two decades. The selections include nuanced, appealing readings of Plato's dialogues, Freud, and fellow poet Robert Bringhurst's treatment of Heraclitus, along with more constructive pieces on oracularity, the ineffable, and imagination. [Alkibiades' Love is] a well-constructed volume that takes philosophy back to its Socratic roots. Recommended." - Choice

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