Socrates : fictions of a philosopher

Author(s)

• Kofman, Sarah
• Porter, Catherine

Bibliographic Information

Socrates : fictions of a philosopher

Sarah Kofman ; translated by Catherine Porter

Athlone, 1998

Other Title

Socrate(s)

Note

Translation of: Socrate(s). Paris : Galiée, 1989

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-288) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This volume charts the pluralization and conflict of interpretation that has attended the analysis of Socrates through the centuries. It focuses principally on the interpretations by Plato, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and, in the 20th century, Derrida and Lacan.

Table of Contents

• Introduction - representations of Socrates. Part 1 Plato's Socrates: Socrates and his twins
• Plato's chimerical Socrates, as seen by Nietzche. Part 2 Hegel's two-faced Socrates. Part 3 Kierkegaard's "Socrates" - Socrates under an ironic lens. Part 4 Nietzche's Socrates - "Who" is Socrates?. Part 5 Conclusion: three Socratic novels.

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Details

• NCID: BA36494245
• ISBN:
  • 0485114607
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: fre
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 296 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : B317
  • DC21 : 183/.2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Socrates