{"product_id":"9781350204027-lev-shestov","title":"Lev Shestov","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhilosopher of the Sleepless Night\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2021 Choice Outstanding Academic Title\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Jewish philosopher Lev Shestov (1866-1938) is perhaps   the great forgotten thinker of the twentieth century, but one whose revival   seems timely and urgent in the twenty-first century. An important influence   on Georges Bataille, Albert Camus, Gilles Deleuze and many others, Shestov   developed a fascinating anti-Enlightenment philosophy that critiqued the   limits of reason and triumphantly affirmed an ethics of hope in the face of   hopelessness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a wide-ranging reappraisal of his life   and thought, which explores his ideas in relation to the history of   literature and painting as well as philosophy, Matthew Beaumont restores   Shestov to prominence as a thinker for turbulent times. In reconstructing   Shestov’s thought and asserting its continued relevance, the book’s central   theme is wakefulness. It argues that for Shestov, escape from the limits of   rationalist Enlightenment thought comes from maintaining an insomniac   vigilance in the face of the spiritual night to which his century appeared   condemned. Shestov’s engagement with the image of Christ remaining awake in   the Garden of Gethsemane then, is at the core of his inspiring understanding   of our ethical responsibilities after the horrors of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55508764000630,"sku":"9781350204027","price":28.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_35070001.jpg?v=1751532400","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781350204027-lev-shestov","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}