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- 9781350044029
- Book Title
- Technic and Magic : the Reconstruction of Reality
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- Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Type
- Textbook
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- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Philosophy
- Topic
- Epistemology, General, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Eastern
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- 12.5 Oz
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- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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We take for granted that only certain kind of things exist - electrons but not angels, passports but not nymphs. This is what we understand as 'reality'. But in fact, 'reality' varies with each era of the world, in turn shaping the field of what is possible to do, think and imagine. Our contemporary age has embraced a troubling and painful form of reality: Technic. Under Technic, the foundations of reality begin to crumble, shrinking the field of the possible and freezing our lives in an anguished state of paralysis. Technic and Magic shows that the way out of the present deadlock lies much deeper than debates on politics or economics. By drawing from an array of Northern and Southern sources - spanning from Heidegger, Junger and Stirner's philosophies, through Pessoa's poetry, to Advaita Vedanta, Bhartrhari, Ibn Arabi, Suhrawardi and Mulla Sadra's theosophies - Magic is presented as an alternative system of reality to Technic. While Technic attempts to capture the world through an 'absolute language', Magic centres its reconstruction of the world around the notion of the 'ineffable' that lies at the heart of existence. Technic and Magic is an original philosophical work, and a timely cultural intervention. It disturbs our understanding of the structure of reality, while restoring it in a new form. This is possibly the most radical act: if we wish to change our world, first we have to change the idea of 'reality' that defines it.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-10
1350044024
ISBN-13
9781350044029
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239895406
Product Key Features
Book Title
Technic and Magic : the Reconstruction of Reality
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Topic
Epistemology, General, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Eastern
Genre
Philosophy
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
12.5 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Preface by
Morton, Timothy
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Campagna takes us on a philosophically rich journey that is signposted by new terms and concepts discussed with due reference to other philosophical settings, including as they developed in Persia. His engaging prose promises to make a distinct contribution to emerging fields of knowledge., "Federico Campagna's book is a brilliant tour de force that oscillates between lucid analyses of philosophical concepts, bridging the gap between Eastern and Western frameworks, and radical propositions for alternative worlds. By attempting to galvanize human perception out of its paralyzed and bordered state, what William Blake refers to as 'the narrow chinks of [our] cavern', Campagna expertly unravels the very foundations upon which our contemporary reality sits. Technic and Magic gradually builds towards a new and striking reconfiguration of reality that merges together the past, present and future." - Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director at the Serpentine Galleries, London, UK "Both Technic and Magic are used by us to change the world. However, as Frederico Campagna argues, Technic serves the accumulation of power whereas Magic, on the contrary, protects life and its value. In his fascinating book Campagna makes a parcours through the Indian, Islamic and old Gnostic sources to discover the hidden, hermetic tradition of magical thinking that keeps its relevance also for our contemporary condition." - Boris Groys, Global Distinguished Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies, New York University, USA "Campagna takes us on a philosophically rich journey that is signposted by new terms and concepts discussed with due reference to other philosophical settings, including as they developed in Persia. His engaging prose promises to make a distinct contribution to emerging fields of knowledge." - Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, Professor in Global Thought and Comparative Philosophies, SOAS, University of London, and Chair of the Centre for Iranian Studies at the London Middle East Institute, UK "Campagna breaks with tradition by advancing scholarship that explores a common past and common understandings of meta-philosophical concepts, crossing the geopolitical barriers between the East and the West. Rarely does one see such ability to discuss complex, metaphysical and philosophic themes in a light and poetic manner - Outstanding." - Ghoncheh Tazmini, Centre for Iranian Studies, SOAS University of London, UK
Lccn
2018-288956
Target Audience
College Audience
Dewey Decimal
190
Lc Classification Number
Bd331
Table of Content
PREFACE, 'The Keymaker' by Timothy Morton INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE - TECHNIC'S WORLD - Crisis of Reality - Technic - Measure and Infinity - No Outside - Crisis of Action, Crisis of Imagination CHAPTER TWO - TECHNIC'S COSMOGONY - Defining Terms - 1 Absolute Language - 2 Measure - 3 Unit - 4 Abstract General Entity - 5 Life As Vulnerability - Upper and Lower Limits: Ego Absconditus and Double Affirmation - Conclusion INTERMISSION - WHAT IS REALITY? - Between India and the West - Why Seek Reality? CHAPTER THREE - MAGIC'S COSMOGONY - Defining Terms - 1 The Ineffable as Life - 2 Person - 3 Symbol - 4 Meaning - 5 Paradox - Upper and Lower Limits: Double Negation and Deus Absconditus - Conclusion CHAPTER FOUR - MAGIC'S WORLD - Outside Within - Secret - Initiation - As if - Happy Ending Bibliography Index
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2018
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