Sites of exposure : art, politics, and the nature of experience / John Russon.

Author
Russon, John, 1960- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2017]
  • ©2017
Description
xii, 193 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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    Series
    Studies in Continental thought [More in this series]
    Summary note
    John Russon draws from a broad range of art and literature to show how philosophy speaks to the most basic and important questions in our everyday lives. In Sites of Exposure, Russon grapples with how personal experiences such as growing up and confronting death combine with broader issues such as political oppression, economic exploitation, and the destruction of the natural environment to make life meaningful. His is cutting-edge philosophical work, illuminated by original and rigorous thinking that relies on cross-cultural communication and engagement with the richness of human cultural history. These probing interpretations of the nature of phenomenology, the philosophy of art, history, and politics, are appropriate for students and scholars of philosophy at all levels.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-185) and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction
    • 1. Portraits
    • Lesson 1 : on being a subject
    • Lesson 2 : the event of experience and the advent of meaning
    • Lesson 3 : things
    • 2. Home
    • Lesson 4 : accommodation
    • Lesson 5 : home with others
    • Lesson 6 : inhabiting language
    • 3. Exposure
    • Lesson 7 : the ambivalence of being at home
    • Lesson 8 : the environment of indifference
    • A. Indifference, relative and absolute
    • B. Cultural specificity
    • C. Indifferent universality and its problems
    • Lesson 9 : sugchorein : domestic politics and civic ecology
    • A. The freedom of belonging and the role of the state
    • B. The challenge of multiculturalism
    • C. The goal of political life
    • 4. Thanksgiving
    • Lesson 10 : conscience : calling and madness
    • Lesson 11 : art as the celebration of the now
    • Lesson 12 : thanksgiving as practice
    • Appendix : notes for further study.
    ISBN
    • 9780253029003 ((hardcover))
    • 0253029007 ((hardcover))
    • 9780253029256 ((paperback))
    • 0253029252 ((paperback))
    LCCN
    2017297019
    OCLC
    964333398
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