A new collection by the author of The World We Want, with essays on civility, public space, Obama, procrastination, suicide.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Mark Kingwell is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto, a contributing editor for Harper’s Magazine, and has written for publications ranging from Adbusters and the New York Times to the Journal of Philosophy and Auto Racing Digest. Among his twelve books of political and cultural theory are the Canadian best-sellers Better Living, The World We Want, and Concrete Reveries. In order to secure financing for their continued indulgence he has also written about his various hobbies, including fishing, baseball, cocktails, and contemporary art.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: Empathy and the End of The End of Democracy 1. The Shout Doctrine 2. "Fuck You" and Other Salutations: Incivility as Collective Action Problem 3. Masters of Chancery: The Gift of Public Space 4. All Show: Justice and the City 5. The American Gigantic 6. The Tomist: Francis Fukuyama's Infinite Regression 7. Ways of Not Seeing: on Deyan Sudjic's The Language of Things 8. The Philosopher President Sets Forth: A Monologue 9. Intellectuals and Democracy 10. What Are Intellectuals For? A Modest Proposal in Dialogue Form 11. The Work Idea: Wage Slavery, Bullshit, and the Good Infinite 12. Throwing Dice: Luck of the Draw and the Democratic Ideal 13. As It Were: On the Metaphysics Ethics of Fiction [n.b.: the word "Metaphysics" appears with a strikethrough] 14. Language Speaks Us: Sophie's Tree and the Paradox of Self 15. The Trick of It: Poetry and the Plane of Immanence 16. Self-Slaughter, Poetry, and the Interfaith Blurb Universe Postscript: The (In)dividual, Beyond the Uncanny Valley
Introduction: Empathy and the End of The End of Democracy 1. The Shout Doctrine 2. "Fuck You" and Other Salutations: Incivility as Collective Action Problem 3. Masters of Chancery: The Gift of Public Space 4. All Show: Justice and the City 5. The American Gigantic 6. The Tomist: Francis Fukuyama's Infinite Regression 7. Ways of Not Seeing: on Deyan Sudjic's The Language of Things 8. The Philosopher President Sets Forth: A Monologue 9. Intellectuals and Democracy 10. What Are Intellectuals For? A Modest Proposal in Dialogue Form 11. The Work Idea: Wage Slavery, Bullshit, and the Good Infinite 12. Throwing Dice: Luck of the Draw and the Democratic Ideal 13. As It Were: On the Metaphysics Ethics of Fiction [n.b.: the word "Metaphysics" appears with a strikethrough] 14. Language Speaks Us: Sophie's Tree and the Paradox of Self 15. The Trick of It: Poetry and the Plane of Immanence 16. Self-Slaughter, Poetry, and the Interfaith Blurb Universe Postscript: The (In)dividual, Beyond the Uncanny Valley
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