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Part scientific treatise, part spoof, part philosophical discourse, part fable, Vampyroteuthis Infernalis gives its author ample room to ruminate on human-and nonhuman-life. Considering the human condition along with the vampire squid/octopus condition seems appropriate because "we are both products of an absurd coincidence . . . we are poorly programmed beings full of defects," Flusser writes. Among other things, "we are both banished from much of life's domain: it into the abyss, we onto the surfaces of the continents. We have both lost our original home, the beach, and we both live in constrained conditions."
Thinking afresh about the life of an "other"-as different from ourselves as the vampire squid/octopus-complicates the linkages between animality and embodiment. Odd, and strangely compelling, Vampyroteuthis Infernalis offers up a unique posthumanist philosophical understanding of phenomenology and opens the way for a non-philosophy of life.
Part scientific treatise, part spoof, part philosophical discourse, part fable, Vampyroteuthis Infernalis gives its author ample room to ruminate on human-and nonhuman-life. Considering the human condition along with the vampire squid/octopus condition seems appropriate because "we are both products of an absurd coincidence . . . we are poorly programmed beings full of defects," Flusser writes. Among other things, "we are both banished from much of life's domain: it into the abyss, we onto the surfaces of the continents. We have both lost our original home, the beach, and we both live in constrained conditions."
Thinking afresh about the life of an "other"-as different from ourselves as the vampire squid/octopus-complicates the linkages between animality and embodiment. Odd, and strangely compelling, Vampyroteuthis Infernalis offers up a unique posthumanist philosophical understanding of phenomenology and opens the way for a non-philosophy of life.
Vilém Flusser (1920–1991) was born in Prague; emigrated to Brazil, where he taught philosophy and wrote a daily newspaper column; and later moved to France. Among his many books that have been translated into English are Does Writing Have a Future?, Into the Universe of Technical Images, and Writings, all from Minnesota.
Louis Bec is an artist who lives and works in Sorgues, France. He is the founder of the Institut Scientifique de Recherche Paranaturaliste.
Contents
The Treatise
I. Octopoda
II. Genealogy
The Phylum Mollusca
The Class Cephalopoda
The Species Vampyroteuthis infernalis giovanni
III. The Vampyroteuthic World
Its Model
The Abyss
Vampyroteuthic Dasein
IV. Vampyroteuthic Culture
Its Thinking
Its Social Life
Its Art
V. Its Emergence
Report by the Institut Scientifique de Recherche Paranaturaliste
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2012 |
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Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Genre: | Importe, Philosophie |
Jahrhundert: | Antike |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Thema: | Lexika |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780816678228 |
ISBN-10: | 0816678227 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Flusser, Vilém |
Ãœbersetzung: | Pakis, Valentine A. |
Hersteller: | University of Minnesota Press |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Books on Demand GmbH, In de Tarpen 42, D-22848 Norderstedt, info@bod.de |
Maße: | 229 x 152 x 7 mm |
Von/Mit: | Vilém Flusser |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 06.09.2012 |
Gewicht: | 0,167 kg |
Vilém Flusser (1920–1991) was born in Prague; emigrated to Brazil, where he taught philosophy and wrote a daily newspaper column; and later moved to France. Among his many books that have been translated into English are Does Writing Have a Future?, Into the Universe of Technical Images, and Writings, all from Minnesota.
Louis Bec is an artist who lives and works in Sorgues, France. He is the founder of the Institut Scientifique de Recherche Paranaturaliste.
Contents
The Treatise
I. Octopoda
II. Genealogy
The Phylum Mollusca
The Class Cephalopoda
The Species Vampyroteuthis infernalis giovanni
III. The Vampyroteuthic World
Its Model
The Abyss
Vampyroteuthic Dasein
IV. Vampyroteuthic Culture
Its Thinking
Its Social Life
Its Art
V. Its Emergence
Report by the Institut Scientifique de Recherche Paranaturaliste
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2012 |
---|---|
Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Genre: | Importe, Philosophie |
Jahrhundert: | Antike |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Thema: | Lexika |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780816678228 |
ISBN-10: | 0816678227 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Flusser, Vilém |
Ãœbersetzung: | Pakis, Valentine A. |
Hersteller: | University of Minnesota Press |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Books on Demand GmbH, In de Tarpen 42, D-22848 Norderstedt, info@bod.de |
Maße: | 229 x 152 x 7 mm |
Von/Mit: | Vilém Flusser |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 06.09.2012 |
Gewicht: | 0,167 kg |