{"product_id":"the-medium-of-contingency-isbn-9780993045899","title":"The Medium of Contingency","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn unprecedented meeting of philosophical thought, financial markets, and the art world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy has the concept of contingency taken on a marked importance both in contemporary philosophy and in contemporary art practice? And if this simultaneity derives from parallel problems met within the two different fields, what are their common roots?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond acknowledging the contingent nature of tradition, institutions, and practices, recent speculative philosophies of “absolute contingency” demand a radical revision of the ways in which we conceive of our interaction with unknowable materialities, and pose a challenge to both probabilistic management and process-driven affirmation of contingency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an unprecedented meeting of philosophical thought, financial markets, and the art world, \u003ci\u003eThe Medium of Contingency\u003c\/i\u003e explores how works of art write contingency into the present, and are in turn written by the contingency of their materials, and how these exchanges interact with other markets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the mathematical instruments used to value financial derivatives to the nature of literary creation, from the market-making role of the curator to the “chemistry of openness,” the contributors to this lively discussion draw out the startling consequences of a new figure of thought.\u003c\/p\u003eRobin Mackay is a philosopher, Director of the UK arts organization Urbanomic, and Associate Researcher at Goldsmiths University of London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobin Mackay is a philosopher, Director of the UK arts organization Urbanomic, and Associate Researcher at Goldsmiths University of London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReza Negarestani is an Iranian philosopher best known for pioneering the genre of \"theory-fiction\" with his book \u003ci\u003eCyclonopedia\u003c\/i\u003e. (Urbanomic\/Sequence Press).","brand":"Urbanomic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304353583333,"sku":"NP9780993045899","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780993045899.jpg?v=1767740460","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-medium-of-contingency-isbn-9780993045899","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}