Proust as Philosopher: The Art of Metaphor

Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time has long fascinated philosophers for its complex accounts of time, personal identity and narrative, amongst many other themes. Proust as Philosopher is the first book to properly explore Proust from a philosophical angle and argues that the key to understanding Proust is the concept of experience.

Author: Miguel de Beistegui
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 08/02/2012
Pages: 136
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9780415584326

About the Author

Miguel de Beistegui is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick, UK. His books include Aesthetics After Metaphysics: From Mimesis to Metaphor (Routledge, 2012), Immanence and Philosophy: Deleuze (2010), Truth and Genesis: Philosophy as Differential Ontology (2005) and Heidegger and the Political (Routledge, 1998). He is editor (with Simon Sparks) of Philosophy and Tragedy (Routledge, 2000).