Ontology of Death

Through examination of the death penalty in literature, Aaron Aquilina contests Heidegger''s concept of ''being-towards-death'' and proposes a new understanding of the political and philosophical subject.

Dickens, Nabokov, Hugo, Sophocles and many others explore capital punishment in their works, from Antigone to Invitation to a Beheading. Using these varied case studies, Aquilina demonstrates how ...