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Slow Philosophy - Reading against the Institution (Hardcover)
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Slow Philosophy - Reading against the Institution (Hardcover)
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In an age of internet scrolling and skimming, where concentration
and attention are fast becoming endangered skills, it is timely to
think about the act of reading and the many forms that it can take.
Slow Philosophy: Reading Against the Institution makes the case for
thinking about reading in philosophical terms. Boulous Walker
argues that philosophy involves the patient work of thought; in
this it resembles the work of art, which invites and implores us to
take our time and to engage with the world. At its best, philosophy
teaches us to read slowly; in fact, philosophy is the art of
reading slowly - and this inevitably clashes with many of our
current institutional practices and demands. Slow reading shares
something in common with contemporary social movements, such as
that devoted to slow food; it offers us ways to engage the
complexity of the world. With the help of writers as diverse as
Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Woolf, Adorno, Levinas, Critchley,
Beauvoir, Le Doeuff, Irigaray, Cixous, Weil, and others, Boulous
Walker offers a foundational text in the emerging field of slow
philosophy, one that explores the importance of unhurried time in
establishing our institutional encounters with complex and
demanding works.
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