Slow philosophy : reading and the institution / by Michelle Boulous Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walker, Michelle Boulous, 1959- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy--Study and teaching.

Philosophy.

Reading.

Thought and thinking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 pages)

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, Plc, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In an age of internet scrolling and skimming, where concentration and attention are fast becoming endangered skills, it is timely to think about the act of reading and the many forms that it can take. Slow Philosophy: Reading Against the Institution makes the case for thinking about reading in philosophical terms. Boulous Walker argues that philosophy involves the patient work of thought; in this it resembles the work of art, which invites and implores us to take our time and to engage with the world. At its best, philosophy teaches us to read slowly; in fact, philosophy is the art of reading slowly - and this inevitably clashes with many of our current institutional practices and demands. Slow reading shares something in common with contemporary social movements, such as that devoted to slow food; it offers us ways to engage the complexity of the world. With the help of writers as diverse as Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Woolf, Adorno, Levinas, Critchley, Beauvoir, Le Dœuff, Irigaray, Cixous, Weil, and others, Boulous Walker offers a foundational text in the emerging field of slow philosophy, one that explores the importance of unhurried time in establishing our institutional encounters with complex and demanding works."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Preface: Why slow reading today?

Introduction: On Being Slow and Doing Philosophy

One Habits of Reading: Le Dœuff's Future Philosophy

Two Reading Essayistically: Levinas and Adorno

Three Rereading: Irigaray on Love and Wonder

Four The Present of Reading: Irigaray's Attentive Listening

Five Romance and Authenticity: Beauvoir's Lesson in Reading

Six Intimate Reading: Cixous's Approach

Conclusion: The Attentive Work of Grace

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9781474279932

1474279937

9781474279949

1474279945

9781474279901

1474279902

OCLC:

957077817