{"product_id":"metaphysics-and-absurdity-paperback","title":"Metaphysics and Absurdity - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eH. Gene Blocker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe central concern of absurdist writers is the metaphysical distancing of word and object, thought and reality, essence and existence. In this book, Blocker argues that the literary problem of absurdity is basically a metaphysical problem of being, focusing on the metaphysical distinction of being as essence and being as existence. Each of the four central chapters of the book compares philosophical prose with the fiction writing of four major absurdist writers--Camus, Sartre, Ionesco, and Beckett. The book contrasts what Ionesco described as the \"heavy\" and \"light\" aspects of absurdity. This opposition is parallel to the contrast between the negative, pessimistic reading of Western writers--with their emphasis on \"existence\"--and the positive, optimistic view of Eastern, especially Buddhist authors, with their emphasis on \"essence.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA graduate of University of Chicago and University of California, Berkeley, H. Gene Blocker has taught philosophy in Scotland, West Africa, China, Japan, and the US. Blocker has written widely in aesthetics, non-western philosophy, ethics, and social and political philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 212\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.2 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 16, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66049261797767,"sku":"9780761860235","price":85.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1025\/5558\/2813\/files\/2CthTTM-UJ9780761860235.webp?v=1790563922","url":"https:\/\/novellybooks.com\/products\/metaphysics-and-absurdity-paperback","provider":"Novelly Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}