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The world is gone : philosophy in light of the pandemic / Gregg Lambert.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lambert, Gregg, 1961- author.
- Series:
- Forerunners (Minneapolis, Minn.)
- Forerunners: ideas first
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Existentialism.
- Social isolation--Psychological aspects.
- Social isolation.
- Isolation (Philosophy).
- COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Psychological aspects.
- COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023.
- Philosophy--History--20th century.
- Philosophy.
- Crusoe, Robinson (Fictitious character).
- Crusoe, Robinson.
- existentialism.
- Psychological aspects.
- Medical Subjects:
- Existentialism.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 88 pages ; 18 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis ; Boston : University of Minnesota Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Part personal memoir, part philosophical reflection and written in the midst of the pandemic in 2021, The World Is Gone employs the Robinson Crusoe fable to launch an existential investigation of the effects of extreme isolation, profound boredom, nightly insomnia, and the fear of madness associated with the loss of a world populated by others"
- Contents:
- Preface : to my fellow castaways
- First day : The darkening of the world (Heidegger)
- Second day : Existence without existants (Levinas)
- Third day : The two ecstasies of extreme solitude (Heidegger and Levinas)
- Fourth day : A world without others (Thournier)
- Fifth day : The schizoid and the depressive (Deleuze)
- Sixth day : The worst-case scenario lullaby (Bonaparte)
- Seventh day : Robinson : c'est moi!
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1517913381
- 9781517913380
- OCLC:
- 1285917970
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