Book, Somewhere Unfinished[LS]

In the case of great cultural personalities, especially those with extensive, profound works with many ramifications, a text in the form of a dialogue, with a sensitive mediator who is knowledgeable about the interlocutor's work, becomes a great open door to understanding their thoughts and importance. This is precisely the case of this book, which reveals and illuminates the work of Vladimir Jankélévitch by bringing the diaphanous, the transitory and the precarious of things and men, into his philosophy full of music and poetry, directed by Béatrice Berlowitz, disciple favorite, to which is added an introductory study of the philosopher's thought by his translator and scholar, Clóvis Gontijo. FOURTH COVER Over the course of 29 dialogues, Béatrice Berlowitz investigates the major themes that occupied Jankélévitch's reflection, each day more present and relevant. By accentuating the precariousness, the incompleteness of being, in artistic and, mainly, existential terms, the philosopher lays bare the fundamental transience of ours and our morality, hence the importance that music, a symbol of time, and death had for him. In Some Place of the Unfinished is both a privileged introduction to this thought that does not compromise or allow itself to be catalogued, as well as a rare chance to read a philosopher summarizing his worldview, his ideas, his interests and the fundamental concerns that accompanied him throughout his life. life. Stimulated by the structure in dialogue, Jankélévitch opens his domain: that of the intangible, of the fleeting spark, of the vague for the soul, of nostalgia. Thus, he allows the secret world that resides at the center of his work to flow. Talking about love and humor, music and silence, morality and politics, reminiscences and innocence. DEBATES COLLECTION The Debates collection is dedicated to contemporary themes and current debates and controversies. The oldest, together with Estudos, and the best known of the publisher's collections, has almost 350 titles, some already famous in non-fiction literature. FROM THE COVER Cover image: V. Kandinsky, Stars, lithograph, 1938 The image refers to the idea of ​​imprecision and mystery linked to night, to the incommensurability of space, in an expanding organic form.