The Number and the Siren
$37.33
- Paperback
312 pages
- Release Date
6 April 2012
Summary
A philosophical interrogation of the concepts of chance, contingency, and eternity through a concentrated study of Mallarme’s poem”Un Coup de Des.“A meticulous literary study, a detective story la Edgar Allan Poe, a treasure-hunt worthy of an adventure novel-such is the register in which can be deciphered the hidden secrets of a poem like no other. Quentin Meillassoux, author of After Finitude, continues his philosophical interrogation of the concepts of chance, contingency, infinity, and e…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780983216926 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0983216924 |
| Author: | Quentin Meillassoux, Robin Mackay |
| Publisher: | Sequence Press |
| Imprint: | Sequence Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 312 |
| Release Date: | 6 April 2012 |
| Weight: | 248g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 114mm |
| Series: | Urbanomic/sequence Press |
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Critics Review
A page-turner … I haven’t read a critical book with such eagerness to find out what happens next for a long time. Beautifully produced and translated, a book every poetry lover will want to have in his pocket to read on bus, train, and plane.
—Gabriel Josipovici, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENTMeillassoux has added a crucial dimension nobody ever noticed despite innumerable “close readings.”
—Daniel Birnbaum, ArtforumAbout The Author
Quentin Meillassoux
Quentin Meillassoux teaches philosophy at Universite de Paris (Pantheon-Sorbonne), and is author of After Finitude.Robin Mackay is a philosopher, Director of the UK arts organization Urbanomic, and Associate Researcher at Goldsmiths University of London.
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