{"product_id":"introduction-to-antiphilosophy-isbn-9781844677566","title":"Introduction to Antiphilosophy","description":"Philosophy is traditionally understood as the search for universal truths, and philosophers are supposed to transmit those truths beyond the limits of their own culture. But, today, we have become sceptical about the ability of an individual philosopher to engage in ‘universal thinking’, so philosophy seems to capitulate in the face of cultural relativism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eIntroduction to Antiphilosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, Boris Groys argues that modern ‘antiphilosophy’ does not pursue the universality of thought as its goal but proposes in its place the universality of life, material forces, social practices, passions, and experiences – angst, vitality, ecstasy, the gift, revolution, laughter or ‘profane illumination’ – and he analyses this shift from thought to life and action in the work of thinkers from Kierkegaard to Derrida, from Nietzsche to Benjamin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRanging across the history of modern thought, \u003ci\u003eIntroduction to Antiphilosophy\u003c\/i\u003e endeavours to liberate philosophy from the stereotypes that hinder its development.“Electrifying.”—Stuart Kelly, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Displays Groys’s unique ability to convey an unusual perspective through an elegant and casual style.”—\u003ci\u003eFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Offers the reader many enlightening ideas, insights and original observations, which Groys produces in an almost mischievous fashion, but always with the critical intention of demonstrating failings of argument and logical inconsistencies in master-thinkers from Heidegger through to Derrida.”—\u003ci\u003eSüddeutsche Zeitung\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eBoris Groys\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Aesthetics, Art History, and Media Theory at the Center for Art and Media Technology in Karlsruhe, and since 2005, the Global Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Science, NYU. He has published numerous books including \u003ci\u003eThe Total Art of Stalinism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIlya Kabakov: The Man Who Flew into Space from His Apartment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArt Power\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Communist Postscript\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302574313701,"sku":"NP9781844677566","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781844677566.jpg?v=1767730142","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/introduction-to-antiphilosophy-isbn-9781844677566","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}