On an Ungrounded Earth: Towards a New Geophilosophy Ben Woodard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woodard, Ben (Benjamin Graham), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy (General).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (103 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn, NY punctum books 2013

Brooklyn, NY. : Punctum Books, 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

For too long, the Earth has been used to ground thought instead of bending it; such grounding leaves the planet as nothing but a stage for phenomenology, deconstruction, or other forms of anthropocentric philosophy. In far too much continental philosophy, the Earth is a cold, dead place enlivened only by human thought--either as a thing to be exploited, or as an object of nostalgia. Geophilosophy seeks instead to question the ground of thinking itself, the relation of the inorganic to the capacities and limits of thought. This book constructs an eclectic variant of geophilosophy through engagements with digging machines, nuclear waste, cyclones and volcanoes, giant worms, secret vessels, decay, subterranean cities, hell, demon souls, black suns, and xenoarcheaology, via continental theory (Nietzsche, Schelling, Deleuze, et alia) and various cultural objects such as horror films, videogames, and weird Lovecraftian fictions, with special attention to Speculative Realism and the work of Reza Negarestani. In a time where the earth as a whole is threatened by ecological collapse, On an Ungrounded Earth generates a perversely realist account of the earth as a dynamic engine materially invading and upsetting our attempts to reduce it to merely the ground beneath our feet.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-103).

Description based on print version record.

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Print version:

OCLC:

1164531070