{"product_id":"architecture-of-the-possible-hardback-9781509552238","title":"Architecture of the Possible (Hardback) 9781509552238","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eArchitecture of the Possible\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTristan Garcia (Author), Jean-Marie Durand (Author), Christopher RayAlexander (Translated by), Abigail RayAlexander (Translated by), Jon Cogburn (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509552238, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 23 September 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e153 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 14 x 1.8 cm, 0.295 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“The primary trait of Tristan Garcia as an author is his consistent freshness: to read him is to press the reset button in your brain and awaken with a new hope. In this book, his most personal so far, he pulls off the impressive feat of reviving the reader's courage while speaking primarily of himself. Such is the disarming modesty of this multi-talented thinker.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGraham Harman\u003ci\u003e, Southern California Institute of Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a philosopher and a novelist, Tristan Garcia inhabits two worlds, metaphysics and literary fiction, like an amphibious creature moving between the land and the sea, breathing in both air and water. He is drawn to metaphysics because, as he puts it, metaphysics is the edge of the abyss of thought, the unstable frontier of indeterminacy where thinking is no longer constrained by the principles of logic or the law of non-contradiction. Metaphysics seeks to describe the world from outside one’s own point of view. It aims at an ecstatic reconstruction of what keeps us locked up in our conditions, in our time and place, here among the living, with our subjectivities and within our situations. It gives us an idea of all constraints from a point of view that posits the possible absence of the constraint of having a point of view.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ambition of this slender book – which is at the same time a concise introduction to Garcia’s work and thought – is to help us grasp and transform the conditions of our existence by paying equal attention to what is ending and what is just beginning, to the dusk and to the dawn. Until we cannot hold our breath any longer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eLanguage, Thought, and Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Philosophical Feeling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Philosophical Orientation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Intensification, Extension, Breaking Point\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Literature: Ideas in a Body\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Models of Concision and Models of Profusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Childhood and Irenicism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e War\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Finding a Viewpoint\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Solitude\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Activists\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Nuanced Minds and Rough Minds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Radicalness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Enemy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Friends\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Progress and Movement\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The World After\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Thinking Saves\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441811878168,"sku":"9781509552238","price":34.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509552238.jpg?v=1785026635","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/architecture-of-the-possible-hardback-9781509552238","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}