The locus of tragedy

Cools, Arthur 2008 Brill eBook titles 2008 ( Serie ) Leiden ; Boston : Brill 9789047443223 | BRILL9789047443223 Abstract

Ask for the tragic and Europe will answer. Leaving behind the philosophers’ enthusiasm of the nineteenth century, ‘tragedy’ and ‘the tragic’ now seem little more than vague containers. However, it appears that we still discover a tragic essence in our personal lives. This book wants to open a contemporary philosophical perspective on the tragic.