Here are My Hands

This book examines an ambivalence to language deeply rooted in Western culture, as seen in the writings of Eliot, Beckett, and Celan, and in the context of age-old metaphysical biases against body, history, time, and the mundane as these continue to shape our system of values and moral commitments..

Aceasta carte examineaza o ambivalenta a limbajului adanc inradacinat in cultura occidentala, asa cum se vede in scrierile lui Eliot, Beckett si Celan, si in contextul unor prejudecati metafizice vechi impotriva corpului, istoriei, timpului si a lumii, deoarece acestea continua sa modeleaza sistemul nostru de valori si angajamente morale ..