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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Russon, John, 1960- author.

Series:

Studies in Continental thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Life.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

xii, 193 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2017]

Summary:

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-185) and index.

ISBN:

0253029007

9780253029003

0253029252

9780253029256

9780253029416

0253029414

OCLC:

964333398