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Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1990
ISBN 10: 0691073643ISBN 13: 9780691073644
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 132 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings.
Published by Princeton University Press, 1990
ISBN 10: 0691073643ISBN 13: 9780691073644
Seller: TranceWorks, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
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Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. pencil underlining throughout.
Published by Princeton University Press, 1990
ISBN 10: 0691073643ISBN 13: 9780691073644
Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.
Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1990
ISBN 10: 0691073643ISBN 13: 9780691073644
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition.
Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1990
ISBN 10: 0691073643ISBN 13: 9780691073644
Seller: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. First Ed; First Printing indicated. First Ed; First Printing indicated. Very Near Fine in Fine DJ: Book shows only the slightest spine lean, but the binding remains perfectly secure; else flawless; text clean. DJ price unclipped; mylar-protected. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 132pp. (Princeton Legacy Library). Hardback with DJ. Through an interpretation of Montaigne's philosophical vision as expressed in his Essays, Ermanno Bencivenga contributes to the current debate about the "death of the subject" by developing a view of the self as a project of continuous construction rather than the source and foundation of knowledge. This latter, Cartesian conception of self-consciousness as a logical and epistemological starting point is, Bencivenga contends, delusive: the certainty it provides is more akin to faith than to a cognitive state. How then do we acquire knowledge of the self? Montaigne makes for a productive case study in this regard: he declares that he himself is the matter of his book, and that nothing but the constitution of his own self is his business. A study of Montaigne reveals that the fundamental category missing in the Cartesian conception of the self is that of practical effort. The self is not a ready-made entity, available for inspection and analysis, but something whose generation requires exercise, training, and discipline. It is the result of an operation that must be performed not just once, but, as in all training, over and over again until it becomes second nature. Bencivenga characterizes the particular training required by the project of constituting a subject as a revolutionary, transgressive, critical one, which shares with philosophical activity a profoundly playful irrelevance.
Published by Princeton University Press, U.S.A., 1990
ISBN 10: 0691073643ISBN 13: 9780691073644
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine jacket. Ink underlining to eight pages.
Published by Princeton University Press, 1990
ISBN 10: 0691073643ISBN 13: 9780691073644
Seller: Murphy-Brookfield Books, Iowa City SE, IA, U.S.A.
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Maroon Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 132 pages Very good copy, no dj.
Published by Princeton: Princeton University Press 1990., 1990
ISBN 10: 0691073643ISBN 13: 9780691073644
Seller: de Wit Books, HUTCHINSON, KS, U.S.A.
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VG+, clean HB; no DJ. /cc/ (22.95).