{"product_id":"narrative-ontology-hardback-9781509543915","title":"Narrative Ontology (Hardback) 9781509543915","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNarrative Ontology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAxel Hutter (Author), Aaron Schoichet (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509543915, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 10 December 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e314 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.8 x 3 cm, 0.612 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Axel Hutter has been for years a powerful critic of philosophy’s post-metaphysical trends and its nihilist implications. The beautiful achievement of this philosophical tour de force is to outflank these trends by showing that metaphysics is quite literally revealed through text.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOmri Boehm, The New School for Social Research\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a critical inquiry into three ideas that have been at the heart of philosophical reflection since time immemorial: freedom, God and immortality. Their inherent connection has disappeared from our thought. We barely pay attention to the latter two ideas, and the notion of freedom is used so loosely today that it has become vacuous. Axel Hutter’s book seeks to remind philosophy of its distinct task: only in understanding itself as human self-knowledge that articulates itself in these three ideas will philosophy do justice to its own concept.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn developing this line of argument, Hutter finds an ally in Thomas Mann, whose novel \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoseph and His Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ehas more to say about freedom, God and immortality than most contemporary philosophy does. Through his reading of Mann’s novel, Hutter explores these three ideas in a distinctive way. He brings out the intimate connection between philosophical self-knowledge and narrative form: Mann’s novel gives expression to the depth of human self-understanding and, thus, demands a genuinely philosophical interpretation. In turn, philosophical concepts are freed from abstractness by resonating with the novel’s motifs and its rich language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNarrative Ontology\u003c\/i\u003e is both a highly original work of philosophy and a vigorous defence of humanism. It brings together philosophy and literature in a creative way, it will be of great interest to students and scholars in philosophy, literature and the humanities in general.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword by Markus Gabriel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Art of Self-Knowledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Self-Knowledge – The Intangibility of the I – Who’s Speaking? – Narrative Meaning –Meaning and Being – The Project of a Narrative Ontology – The Truth of Art – Thomas Mann as Model – The Enigma of Human Being – Freedom – Selfhood as Character\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part One: The Stories of Jacob\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Ambiguity of the I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Leitmotif – The Original Scene – Readings – The Unrest of the Blessing – Identity     of Form and Content – The Narrative Decentring of the I – Coined Archetypes –  Isaac’s ‘Blindness’ – Selfhood as Self-Understanding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. The World Theatre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Thought-Model of the Actor – The World as Stage – History – Meaning of Life? –  The Author as Narrator and Reader – Meaning as Happiness or Happiness as Meaning – Connecting Thoughts – Cain and Abel – The Role of Human Being – The Dignity of Universality – Humanity in Each Person\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Narrative Irony\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Deception and Disappointment – Leah – Day and Night – Nonsense – Jacob’s Four Deceptions – The Denied Sacrifice – Dialectic of Spiritual Inheritance – Hope – Joseph’s Gift – Mercy of the Last Deception\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part Two: Time and Meaning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Well of the Past\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ontology of Egoism – Self-Respect – Descent into Hell – Wandering – The Abyss of Time – Desperation of Passing Time – Memento Mori – Promise and Expectation – Time that cannot be Enumerated – The Feast of the Narrative\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. How Abraham Discovered God\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Where to Begin? – The Adventure of Self-Knowledge –  In the Image of God – Self-Knowledge and Knowledge of God – The Courage for Monotheism – Not the Good, but the Whole – God’s History? – Model and Succession – Theology of Narration\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. What are Human Beings, that You are Mindful of them? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Higher Echelons – Human Reason and Language – Evil – On the Economy of Morality – The Narratable World of What Happens – Who Narrates? – The Novel of the Soul – Very Serious Jokes – In Praise of Transience\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part Three: The Stories of Joseph\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Future\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Self-Love – Wit in Language –Ambiguity of the Talent – Knowledge of the Future? – Being on One’s Way – Sympathy – Certainty of Death – The Dreamer of Dreams – The Catastrophe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Dying Grain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Oracle – The Simile of the Dying Grain – Joseph’s Awakening – Compassion – The Illusionary Character of Individuality – The Truth of Illusion – At the Empty Grave – The Other Simile – History in Becoming\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 9. Only a Simile\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Joseph in Egypt – Historical and Narrative Attentiveness – Laban’s Realm – Huya and Tuya – Egypt as Symbol – The Sphinx – Interpreting Dreams – Pharaoh – Letter and Spirit of Understanding – Interpretation of God – Historical and Narrative Truth – Play and Allusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Making Present\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Diagnosis of Time – Nihilism as Human Self-Belittlement – Abraham’s Legacy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441807454488,"sku":"9781509543915","price":46.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509543915.jpg?v=1785026369","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/narrative-ontology-hardback-9781509543915","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}