For a Pragmatics of the Useless

by Erin Manning

Book Overview

What has a use in the future, unforeseeably, is radically useless now. What has an effect now is not necessarily useful if it falls through the gaps. In For a Pragmatics of the Useless Erin Manning examines what falls outside the purview of already-known functions and established standards of value, not for want of potential but for carrying an excess of it. The figures are various: the infrathin, the artful, proprioceptive tactility, neurodiversity,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478011076
• ISBN13: 9781478011071
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"