The Cudgel and the Caress

The Cudgel and the CaressOffers philosophical and psychological reflections on cruelty and tenderness. The Cudgel and the Caress explores the enduring significance of tenderness and cruelty in a range of works across philosophy, psychoanalysis, and literature. Divided into two parts, the book initially focuses on tenderness, with David Farrell Krell delivering original readings of Homer's Iliad, Sophocles's Antigone, and writings by Hlderlin, Hegel, Freud, and Derrida that

how it functions and its applications in a range of disciplines

as well as collaborative strategies for addressing them

Portraiture occupies a central position in the history of Western art

For all its fame in the wider world

The regeneration of Kings Cross and the Olympic boroughs show what the next stage of London's growth will look like

and the central nervous system

to beneficient controls such as mental health hospitalization and even welfare

homosexuality

discovers this message written on a mysterious note

the two men agree that Vittorina’s arrival would spell disaster for their newly peaceful lives

Queering Motherhood articulates a provocative philosophy of queer kinship that need not be rooted in lesbian or gay sexual identities

Jesse Landow