The Moment: Time and Rupture in Modern Thought

Friese (Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut, Germany) presents eight philosophical examinations of the meaning of the momentary, or the event, as it relates to concepts of time, duration, perception, cognition, and memory. After an introduction by Freise considering the wider issues of what the moment means to philosophy and literature, essays discuss: the instant in Derrida's reading of Husserl; Goethe's reading of time in "Wachstum" and "Immer und Uberall; the treatment of the movement in existentialism; and what the moment means in Walter Benjamin's philosophy of history. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR