Freedom and negativity in Beckett and Adorno: something or nothing 9781786603197, 9781786603210, 1786603195

Since his notorious 1961 lecture, 'Trying to Understand Endgame', Theodor W. Adorno's name has been frequ

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Table of contents :
Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 3
Series Information......Page 4
Title Page......Page 5
Copyright Page......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 9
Abbreviations......Page 11
Introduction......Page 15
The Antinomies of Freedom......Page 20
Adorno’s Beckett......Page 34
Notes......Page 40
Chapter One Freedom and Its Limits......Page 45
Murphy’s Metacritique of Philosophy......Page 47
Eleuthromania......Page 54
Failing Better......Page 61
Notes......Page 65
Chapter Two The Illusion of Freedom and the Freedom of Illusion......Page 69
The Crisis of Schein......Page 72
Ironic Figures in the Novellas......Page 84
Notes......Page 94
Chapter Three The Scars of Evil......Page 99
Evil and Society......Page 103
Endgame and Universal History......Page 116
Notes......Page 128
Chapter Four Virtual Freedom......Page 133
The Natural Subject......Page 135
Film’s Imageless Images......Page 145
Interiors and Iconicity......Page 154
Notes......Page 165
Chapter Five Metaphysics......Page 173
Imagining Immanence......Page 176
Metaphysical Experience......Page 187
Coda: Enough?......Page 196
Notes......Page 199
Epilogue......Page 205
Where is the Proletariat?......Page 207
Beyond the Block......Page 209
Negativity......Page 211
Notes......Page 212
Primary Sources......Page 213
Secondary Sources......Page 215
Index......Page 231

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