The ethics of Giacomo Leopardi : a philosophy for the environmental crisis /
Providing a comprehensive introduction to the work of pioneering poet-philosopher Giacomo Leopardi, Alice Gibson pushes his thought into new directions by investigating how his ethics and philosophy of nature offer means for understanding and taking responsibility for the environmental crisis. Throu...
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London ; New York, NY :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2024.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Vices, trifles and illusions
- Problematising works
- Barbarous times in the Zibaldone
- The general spirit of the age in the Operette
- Exonerating humanity
- 2 Dreams and vision
- A philosophy that aims to cure in the Canti
- The property of works of genius: Should laughter or pity prevail?
- The limits of Leopardi's thought
- Resignifying Leopardi today
- Conclusion: Planetary solidarity
- Afterword
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
