Thierry Hentsch

Truth or Death

The Quest for Immortality in the Western Narrative Tradition
Übersetzer: Reed, Fred A

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A reading of seminal texts--from "Ulysses" to "Hamlet" and from the Torah to the Gospels--that shape Western perspectives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Talonbooks
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 156mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 689g
• ISBN-13: 9780889225091
• ISBN-10: 0889225095
• Artikelnr.: 21339505

Autorenporträt

Swiss-born, Francophone author Thierry Hentsch carried out various diplomatic missions for the International Red Cross in Syria, Palestine and Pakistan. An expert in intercultural relations, especially between the East and West, he published many incisive journal articles, reviews and collections, which have appeared in Conjonctures, Études internationales, Spirale and Le Monde diplomatique. His extensive research efforts culminated in L'Orient imaginaire [ Imagining the Middle East ], a much-heralded 1988 publication in which Hentsch provides a solemn critique of the Western perception of the Middle East and reflects on the construction of Western literary, cultural, philosophical, and political identities in relation to the "other." Hentsch taught political philosophy and international relations at the Université du Québec à Montréal.