{"product_id":"a-philosophy-of-autobiography-body-text-9781138496590","title":"A Philosophy of Autobiography: Body \u0026 Text","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book offers intimate readings of a diverse range of global autobiographical literature with an emphasis on the (re)presentation of the physical body. The twelve texts discussed here include philosophical autobiography (Nietzsche), autobiographies of self-experimentation (Gandhi, Mishima, Warhol), literary autobiography (Hemingway, Das) as well as other genres of autobiography, including the graphic novel (Spiegelman, Satrapi), as also documentations of tragedy and injustice and subsequent spiritual overcoming (Ambedkar, Pawar, Angelou, Wiesel). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn exploring different literary forms and orientations of the autobiographies, the work remains constantly attuned to the physical body, a focus generally absent from literary criticism and philosophy or study of leading historical personages, with the exception of patches within phenomenological philosophy and feminism. The book delves into how the authors treated here deal with the flesh through their autobiographical writing and in what way they embody the essential relationship between flesh, spirit and word. It analyses some seminal texts such as \u003ci\u003eEcce Homo, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Waiting for a Visa, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, A Moveable Feast, Night, Baluta, My Story, Sun and Steel, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol, MAUS \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Persepolis\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucid, bold and authoritative, this book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of philosophy, literature, gender studies, political philosophy, media and popular culture, social exclusion, and race and discrimination studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aakash Singh Rathore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138496590\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAakash Singh Rathore\u003c\/strong\u003e is International Fellow of the Centre for Ethics and Global Politics-LUISS, Rome, Italy; Director of the International Research Network for Religion and Democracy (www.irnrd.org); and the Executive Editor of the journal \u003ci\u003ePlurilogue\u003c\/i\u003e. He has taught at Jawaharlal Nehru University and other universities including Delhi, Toronto, Berlin, Rutgers and Pennsylvania. He is also currently Chief Editor, \u003ci\u003eB. R. Ambedkar: The Quest for Justice \u003c\/i\u003e(5 volumes). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe has authored and co-edited several books including \u003ci\u003eHegel's India \u003c\/i\u003e(2017), \u003ci\u003ePlato's Labyrinth: Sophistries, Lies and Conspiracies in Socratic Dialogues\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), \u003ci\u003eIndian Political Theory: Laying the Groundwork for Svaraj\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), \u003ci\u003eRethinking Indian Jurisprudence: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), \u003ci\u003eB.R. Ambedkar's The Buddha and His Dhamma: A Critical Edition \u003c\/i\u003e(2010), \u003ci\u003eIndian Political Thought: A Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), \u003ci\u003eWronging Rights? Philosophical Challenges for Human Rights\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), \u003ci\u003eFrom Political Theory to Political Theology: Religious Challenges and the Prospects for Democracy \u003c\/i\u003e(2010), \u003ci\u003eReading Hegel: The Introductions\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), \u003ci\u003eDiscoursing the Postsecular: Essays on Habermas' Postsecular Turn \u003c\/i\u003e(2011), \u003ci\u003eThe Future of Political Theology: Religious \u0026amp; Theological Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), \u003ci\u003eGlobal Justice: Critical\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePerspectives \u003c\/i\u003e(2012), and \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Indian Wine Guide\u003c\/i\u003e (2006). He is the Series Editor of 'Ethics, Human Rights and Global Political Thought' and 'Religion and Democracy: Reconceptualizing Religion, Culture, and Politics in Global Context'. Among his forthcoming works are \u003ci\u003eMind and Muscle\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe has also finished four grueling Ironman Triathlons, known as the world's most difficult one-day sporting event. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge India","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44031953010803,"sku":"9.78114E+12","price":284.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_765274fe-6151-45e1-b4cf-260ebc36b533.jpg?v=1761483370","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/a-philosophy-of-autobiography-body-text-9781138496590","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}