I Can’t Sleep by Lionel Ruffel - ISBN: 9783956796036
Paperback
Sleepless nights reveal time’s true nature, through theory and personal experience.
  • Paperback

    56 pages

  • Release Date

    22 February 2022

Summary

This book could have been called The Contemporary Condition of Sleeping and Reading in the Heart of (and in Spite of) the Logosphere and Various Media Streams, but frankly, I Can’t Sleep sounds better, plus it’s true.

The diaristic form of I Can’t Sleep is an attempt to feel and investigate the quality of time, making reference to Jonathan Crary, Bernard Stiegler, Yves Citton, Paul B. Preciado, Charles Baudelaire, and above all Walter Benjamin. Written in a …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9783956796036
ISBN-10:3956796039
Author:Lionel Ruffel
Publisher:Sternberg Press
Imprint:Sternberg Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:56
Release Date:22 February 2022
Weight:71g
Dimensions:191mm x 121mm x 5mm
Series:Sternberg Press / The Contemporary Condition
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About The Author

Lionel Ruffel

Lionel Ruffel is a literary scholar, publisher, and author. Chair and Professor of Comparative Literature at University of Paris 8, he is the founding director of the creative writing program there. His recent projects include organizing (together with artist Kader Attia) “Theory Now” at La Colonie (Paris), “The Publishing Sphere” at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin), and “Radio Brouhaha” at Centre Pompidou (Paris). He is the author of four monographs- Le Denouement, Volodine post-exotique, Brouhaha- Worlds of the Contemporary, Trompe-la-mort.

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