Present Hope: Philosophy, Architecture, Judaism

by Andrew Benjamin

Book Overview

An understanding of what we mean by the present is one of the key issues in literature, philosophy, and culture today, but also one of the most neglected and misunderstood. Present Hope develops a fascinating philosophical understanding of the present, approaching this question via discussions of the nature of historical time, the philosophy of history, memory, and the role of tragedy.
Andrew Benjamin shows how we misleadingly view the present...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415133866
• ISBN13: 9780415133869
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"