A Philosophy of Crisis

by Miguel de Beistegui

A philosopher excavates the origins of our state of permanent crisis and charts a more promising path forward.

Crises abound--so many that it can be easy to lose perspective. In A Philosophy of Crisis, Miguel de Beistegui traces the intellectual development of ideas about crisis and identifies four distinct forms a crisis might take: crises of deviation, exception, contradiction, and extinction. Drawing on a range of examples...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226835235
• ISBN13: 9780226835235
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.