New

The Void of Ethics - Robert Musil and the Experience of Modernity

Regular price RM37.00 MYR
Unit price
per

Navigating morality in modernity's ambiguous landscape.

If you're fascinated by the interplay of ethics, culture, and literature, "The Void Of Ethics" offers a profound dive into Robert Musil's critique and exploration of moral life in the early 20th century. Musil's perspectives could illuminate your understanding of moral complexity in an era where traditional judgments falter. Patrizia McBride's analysis is especially relevant for those intrigued by the cultural undercurrents that preluded World War I and how literature reflects the crises of its time.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
New

The Void of Ethics - Robert Musil and the Experience of Modernity

Regular price RM37.00 MYR
Unit price
per
ISBN: 9780810121096
Date of Publication: 2006-04-23
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Politics, Philosophy, History
Goodreads rating: 4.0
(rated by 6 readers)

Description

In a pluralistic society without absolute standards of judgment, how can an individual live a moral life? This is the question Robert Musil (1880-1942), an Austrian-born engineer and mathematician turned writer, asked in essays, plays, and fiction that grapple with the moral ambivalence of modern life. Though unfinished, his monumental novel of Vienna in the febrile days before World War I, The Man Without Qualities, is identified by German scholars as the most important literary work of the twentieth century. In a fresh examination of his essays, notebooks, and fiction, Patrizia McBride reconstructs Musil's understanding of ethics as a realm of experience that eludes language and thought. After situating Musil's work within its contemporary cultural-philosophical horizon, as well as the historical background of rising National Socialism, McBride shows how the writer's notion of ethics as a void can be understood as a coherent and innovative response to the crises haunting Europe after World War I. She explores how Musil rejected the outdated, rationalistic morality of humanism, while simultaneously critiquing the irrationalism of contemporary art movements, including symbolism, impressionism, and expressionism. Her work reveals Musil's remarkable relevance today—particularly those aspects of his thought that made him unfashionable in his own a commitment to fighting ethical fundamentalism and a literary imagination that validates the plural
Condition guide
Only 1 left. Order soon!
The Void of Ethics - Robert Musil and the Experience of Modernity
The Void of Ethics - Robert Musil and the Experience of Modernity
Very Good
Regular price RM37.00 MYR
Unit price
per
Add to Wishlist

Navigating morality in modernity's ambiguous landscape.

If you're fascinated by the interplay of ethics, culture, and literature, "The Void Of Ethics" offers a profound dive into Robert Musil's critique and exploration of moral life in the early 20th century. Musil's perspectives could illuminate your understanding of moral complexity in an era where traditional judgments falter. Patrizia McBride's analysis is especially relevant for those intrigued by the cultural undercurrents that preluded World War I and how literature reflects the crises of its time.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.