{"product_id":"chatter-language-and-history-in-kierkegaard-hardcover","title":"\"Chatter\": Language and History in Kierkegaard - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Fenves\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Chatter\" cannot always be taken lightly, for the insignificance and insubstantiality of \"idle talk,\" \"prattle,\" \"nonsense,\" and so forth challenge the very notions of substance and significance through which rational discourses seek justification. This book shows that in \"chatter\" Kierkegaard uncovered a specfically linguistic mode of negativity-not that of the Hegelian concept-became the medium in which a non-speculative and non-historicist presentation of history could be carried out.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe author examines in detail those writings of Kierkegaard in which he undertook complex negotiations with the threat-and also the promise-of \"chatter.\" One effect of these negotiations is revealed as an insistence on \"existence,\" which alone could appear as a counterweight to the lightness and insubstantiality of mere language. The author's readings of both well-known and neglected works do not simply show how indirect communication affects this insistence on \"existence\"; they also show how the negation of direct communication (which in genderal makes reading necessary) undoes the distinctions through which weighty \"existence\" and insubstantial \"chatter\" are set apart. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51862777495840,"sku":"9780804722070","price":145.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/RkbbC3kwur9780804722070.webp?v=1781635400","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/chatter-language-and-history-in-kierkegaard-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}