The Fold: From Your Body to the Cosmos

by Laura U. Marks

In The Fold, Laura U. Marks offers a practical philosophy and aesthetic theory for living in an infinitely connected cosmos. Drawing on the theories of Leibniz, Glissant, Deleuze, and theoretical physicist David Bohm--who each conceive of the universe as being folded in on itself in myriad ways--Marks contends that the folds of the cosmos are entirely constituted of living beings. From humans to sandwiches to software to stars, every entity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478025859
• ISBN13: 9781478025856
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.