|
|
books
| book details |
Alexandre Kojève: An Intellectual Biography
By (author) Boris Groys
|
|
| on special |
normal price: R 602.95
Price: R 572.95
|
| book description |
In this intellectual biography, critic and philosopher Boris Groys turns to the Arthur Rimbaud of modern bureaucracy, Alexandre Kojève, a philosopher of little-known writings and profound influence. Kojève was fascinated with Hegel's dialectics and with communism and envisioned a universal empire as the end of history. Kojève drew on Buddhism and also proclaimed himself a Stalinist. At the same time, he was one of the creators of a nascent European Union. His concept of the human as something defined by negation and unique among animals in being separated from nature is highly political. It explains why humans can never be fully satisfied by a political system based on their allegedly 'natural' rights. Groys reveals a Kojève with a unique perspective on our political capacities and human condition.
| product details |
Normally shipped |
Publisher | Verso Books
Published date | 11 Nov 2025
Language |
Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 176
Dimensions | 210 x 140 x 11mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 169g
ISBN | 978-1-8042-9682-0
Readership Age |
BISAC |
| other options |
Normally shipped |
Readership Age |
Normal Price | R 663.95
Price | R 630.95
| on special |
|
|
To view the items in your trolley please sign in.
| sign in |
|
|
|
| specials |
|
This is indeed a story of mercy and the redemption it offers.
|
Emil Coetzee, a civil servant in his fifties, is washing blood off his hands when the ceasefire is announced.
|
An epic love story with the pulse of a thriller that asks: what would you risk for a second chance at first love?
|
|
|
|
