{"product_id":"9788416170449","title":"The decline of the bourgeois gaze","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Twilight of the Bourgeois Gaze\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eBook Summary\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis essay proposes a journey through the transformation of modern subjectivity through the works of some of the most representative authors of European literature and thought. From Goethe's humanist ideal to Beckett's desolation, the author analyzes how the construction of the individual, culture, and society suffered a profound and irreversible loss. An intellectual journey that reveals the exhaustion of a model of humanity that defined Modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is it about?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book examines the process of constructing individual, social, and cultural subjectivity during the last phase of Modernity, taking as a starting point the figure of Goethe and his aspiration to reach human fullness. From there, the analysis focuses on the work of Hölderlin, Leopardi, Nietzsche, Thomas Mann, Musil, and Gide, authors who embody different tensions and crises of that ideal. The journey culminates in Kafka and Beckett, with whom that image of the human being and the project that sustained it reach their definitive exhaustion. Between the Goethean model and Beckett’s desolate landscape, a deep and vast loss has occurred that affects the unity of the experiences with which subjectivity is built.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eMain themes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe crisis of humanism and the ideal of education (Bildung) in late Modernity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe transformation of subjectivity from the complete individual to their fragmentation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe exhaustion of the \"bourgeois gaze\" as a cultural and aesthetic model.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eComparative analysis of the work of Goethe, Hölderlin, Leopardi, Nietzsche, Thomas Mann, Musil, Gide, Kafka, and Beckett.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe relationship between literature, social philosophy, and political philosophy in the construction of the modern subject.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWho is it recommended for?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is aimed at readers interested in the history of ideas, literary criticism, and philosophy, especially those who seek to understand the evolution of European thought from classicism to the literature of the absurd. It will also be of great value to students and humanities professionals who wish to delve into the analysis of modern subjectivity through the work of canonical authors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat this book offers\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA transversal and articulated reading of fundamental authors of European literature and thought.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA critical perspective on the process of decomposition of the classic humanist ideal.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eKeys to understanding the relationship between literature and the construction of individual and social identity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA rigorous and accessible analysis of complex concepts regarding modernity and its crises.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eTechnical specifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor: Muñoz Veiga, Jacobo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Editorial Biblioteca Nueva\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: Spanish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubject: Literature: history and criticism, History, Philosophy, Social and political philosophy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eCollection: Essays\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eEdition date: May 2015\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eNumber of pages: 152\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 230 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eEditorial review\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn essay of great intellectual density that offers a lucid and coherent synthesis of the twilight of a model of humanity. The selection of authors and the narrative thread that connects them allow the reader to trace a clear map of the transformations of modern subjectivity. Its interdisciplinary approach and rigorous style make it a reference work for those who wish to explore the literary and philosophical roots of the contemporary individual's crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BIBLIOTECA NUEVA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53406657904987,"sku":"9788416170449","price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1018\/0650\/6331\/files\/978841617044.jpg?v=1781836987","url":"https:\/\/kalamobooks.com\/en\/products\/9788416170449","provider":"Kalamo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}