Autor: Ilit Ferber

This book traces the concept of melancholy in Walter Benjamin’s early writings. Rather than focusing on the overtly melancholic subject matter of Benjamin’s work or the unhappy circumstances of his o …

Philosophy’s Moods is a collection of original essays interrogating the inseparable bond between mood and philosophical thinking. What is the relationship between mood and thinking in philosophy? In …

Lament, mourning, and the transmissibility of a tradition in the aftermath of destruction are prominent themes in Jewish thought. The corpus of lament literature, building upon and transforming the b …

Lament, mourning, and the transmissibility of a tradition in the aftermath of destruction are prominent themes in Jewish thought. The corpus of lament literature, building upon and transforming the b …

La literatura compone gramáticas del grito y gramáticas de la escucha. Su lenguaje no consiste tanto en representar el mundo de las cosas como en presentar el lenguaje a través del cual esas cosas se …

We usually think about language and pain as opposites, the one being about expression and connection, the other destructive, "beyond words" so to speak, and isolating. Language Pangs challe …

We usually think about language and pain as opposites, the one being about expression and connection, the other destructive, "beyond words" so to speak, and isolating. Language Pangs challe …

Sprache und Schmerz werden üblicherweise als Gegensätze gedacht: Auf der einen Seite die Sprache, die sich mit Ausdruck und Kommunikation befasst und Beziehungen herstellt, während der Schmerz auf de …