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2011 | Essays
Quentin Meillassoux, author of 'After Finitude', continues his philosophical interrogation of the concepts of chance, contingency, infinity and eternity through a concentrated study of Mallarme's poem 'Un Coup de Des', patiently deciphering its enigmatic meaning on the basis of a dazzlingly simple and lucid insight with regard to Mallarme's 'unique Number'. The Number which 'can be no other' can only be revealed to us via a secret code, hidden in the Coup de des like a key that finally unlocks every one of its poetic devices. Thus is also unveiled the meaning of that siren, emerging for a lightning-flash amongst the debris of the shipwreck: as the living heart of a drama that is still unfolding. With this bold new interpretation of Mallarme's work, Meillassoux offers brilliant insights into modernity, poetics, secularism and religion, and opens a new chapter in his philosophy of radical contingency. The volume contains the entire text of the Coup de des and three other poems, with new English translations.
Quentin Meillassoux
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| Published by | Urbanomic Media Ltd |
| Edition | Unknown |
| ISBN | 9780983216926 |
| Language | N/A |
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