Chiasmatic Encounters: Art, Ethics, Politics - Hardcover

by Kuisma Korhonen (Editor), Arto Haapala (Editor), Sara Heinämaa (Editor)

In this book, fourteen international authors across various fields analyze the concept of chiasm and its role in human perception and experience, discussing the work of major philosophers like Merleau-Ponty, Levinas, Derrida, and Deleuze, and adapting their ideas to cultural analysis.

Author Biography

Kuisma Korhonen is professor of literature at the University of Oulu. Arto Haapala is professor of aesthetics at the University of Helsinki. Sara Heinämaa is senior lecturer and docent in theoretical philosophy at the University of Helsinki. Kristian Klockars is university lecturer in social and moral philosophy at the University of Helsinki. Pajari Räsänen is postdoctoral researcher in comparative literature at the University of Helsinki.