Symbolic Misery, Volume 2: The Catastrophe of the Sensible

by Bernard Stiegler

Book Overview

In this important new book, leading cultural theorist and philosopher Bernard Stiegler re-examines the relationship between politics and art in the contemporary world. Our hyper-industrial epoch represents what Stiegler terms a ?katastroph of the sensible?. This katastroph is not an apocalypse or the end of everything, but the denouement of a drama; it is the final act in the process of psychic and collective individuation known as the ?West?.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745652670
• ISBN13: 9780745652672
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"