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The Indian Renouncer and Postmodern Poison A CrossCultural Encounter - New Perspectives in Philosophical Scholarship: Texts and Issues
Author: Carl Olson
In his essay on the pharmacy of Plato, Jacques Derrida discusses the ambivalence associated with the notion of pharmakon (drug, medicine, or poison) and its ability to either cure or destroy. By allowing the Indian renouncer and selected postmodern thinkers to share the medicine of each party in a cross-cultural exchange of ideas, this ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780820430225
ISBN-10: 0820430226
Pages: 367
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Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
Book Type: Hardcover
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