The hidden God : a study of tragic vision in the Pensées of Pascal and the tragedies of Racine

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The hidden God : a study of tragic vision in the Pensées of Pascal and the tragedies of Racine

by Lucien Goldmann ; translated from the French by Philip Thody

(International library of philosophy and scientific method)

Routledge & K. Paul, 1964

Other Title

Le Dieu caché

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Translation of: Le Dieu caché

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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 L wy, a work of "remarkable richness." Drawing on Georg Luk cs' History and Class Consciousness, Lucien Goldmann applies the concept of "world visions" to flesh out the similarities between Pascal's Pens es 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 Luk cs. 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.

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  • NCID
    BA06879885
  • ISBN
    • 0710036213
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    fre
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xi, 426 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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