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Circus Philosophicus (Paperback)
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Circus Philosophicus (Paperback)
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Platonic myth meets American noir in this haunting series of
philosophical images, from gigantic ferris wheels to offshore
drilling rigs. It has been said that Plato, Nietzsche, and Giordano
Bruno gave us the three great mythical presentations of serious
philosophy in the West. They have spawned few imitators, as
philosophers have generally drifted toward a dry, scholarly tone
that has become the yardstick of professional respectability. In
this book, Graham Harman tries to restore myth to its central place
in the discipline. In Chapter One, the narrator considers the
motion of a Ferris wheel of many miles in diameter, which generates
disasters and other events in its endless revolutions. In Chapter
Two, he moves from the Chesapeake Bay to the depths of Hell, where
he observes the show trial of pre-Socratic thinkers. In Chapter
Three, the narrator encounters a battered steam calliope in India
that may summon tsunamis, solar flares, and other catastrophic
forces. In Chapter Four, he tries to explain reports of a ghostly
boat in Japanese waters. In Chapter Five, he discusses causation on
an offshore drilling platform. And in Chapter Six, amidst a deadly
Paris hailstorm, he proposes a theory of objects without relations.
General
Imprint: |
John Hunt Publishing
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
November 2010 |
First published: |
December 2010 |
Authors: |
Graham Harman
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 6mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
83 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-84694-400-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
Philosophy >
General
Books >
Philosophy >
General
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LSN: |
1-84694-400-7 |
Barcode: |
9781846944000 |
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