{"product_id":"very-little-almost-nothing-simon-critchley-9780415340496","title":"Very Little... Almost Nothing: Death, Philosophy, and Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVery Little ... Almost Nothing \u003c\/em\u003eputs the question of the meaning of life back at the centre of intellectual debate. Its central concern is how we can find a meaning to human finitude without recourse to anything that transcends that finitude. A profound but secular meditation on the theme of death, Critchley traces the idea of nihilism through Blanchot, Levinas, Jena Romanticism and Cavell, culminating in a reading of Beckett, in many ways the hero of the book. \u003cbr\u003eIn this second edition, Simon Critchley has added a revealing and extended new preface, and a new chapter on Wallace Stevens which reflects on the idea of poetry as philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Critchley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415340497\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415340496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.42w x 0.85d","brand":"Simon Critchley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056071405823,"sku":"9780415340496","price":46.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ff99ffcd-93ef-4a56-83ef-c3517b2e1d63.jpg?v=1685039353","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/very-little-almost-nothing-simon-critchley-9780415340496","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}