{"product_id":"if-you-have-never-thought-gray-a-theory-of-color-hardback-9781509557486","title":"If You Have Never Thought Gray; A Theory of Color (Hardback) 9781509557486","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIf You Have Never Thought Gray\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Theory of Color\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter Sloterdijk (Author), Corey Anderson Dansereau (Translated by), Robert Hughes (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509557486, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 June 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e237 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15 x 2.3 cm, 0.476 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\u003cp\u003e“Only Peter Sloterdijk has the genius to leverage Goethe’s \u003ci\u003eTheory of Colors\u003c\/i\u003e to write a nuanced but thoroughly devastating critique of the decadent intellectual monoculture of Western neoliberal democracy. Not since Nietzsche have we seen such style and trenchant insight.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarl A. Raschke, University of Denver\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A startingly original theory of 'uncolour'... Sloterdijk is invigoratingly insightful, peeling back the curtain of western metaphysics to show how predetermined we are by metaphors of dark and light.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003e“You’re not a painter if you haven’t painted gray”, declared Paul Cézanne. The same could be said of philosophers: you’re not a philosopher if you have never thought gray. This simple four-letter word signifies much more than a quasi-neutral color lying between black and white: we use the same word to describe moods, November skies, the hair of the elderly, the withered features of faces, dusty shelves, faceless bureaucracies, dreary politicians and hundreds of other things. This plain, unassuming word conceals a multitude of thoughts that we seldom pause to consider.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this exceptionally original book, Peter Sloterdijk follows the grey thread through the history of philosophy, art, literature and politics, enabling us to see familiar things in new ways and highlighting features of our lives that would otherwise remain unseen. Beginning with Plato’s allegory of the cave which introduced the concept of gray into thought, Sloterdijk unfolds a chiaroscuro narrative which recognizes the power of grey as a metaphor for the indefinite, the indifferent, the ordinary, the intermediate and the neutralizing. We see the invention of photography and monochrome’s journey through modern art – from Malevich’s \u003ci\u003eBlack Square\u003c\/i\u003e to Richter’s grey panel paintings – in a new light, and we see modern states and modern politics as full of grey zones, from the hidden spheres of the security services to the extraterritorial spaces that harbor illegal activities like money laundering and the drug trade.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA work of brilliance by one of the most creative philosophers writing today, \u003ci\u003eIf You Have Never Thought Gray \u003c\/i\u003ewill appeal to a wide readership interested in philosophy, art and politics, and to students and academics in philosophy, visual arts and the humanities generally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePrologue: Under pale sail, over waters of ordinariness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Ge-gräu: the Gathering of the Grey: light in Plato’s cave, Hegel’s twilight, Heidegger’s fog\u003cbr\u003e First Digression: Kafka’s Corridor \u003cbr\u003e 2. Extension of the political theory of colour: the grey flags flutter ahead of us\u003cbr\u003e Second Digression: Grey Zones\u003cbr\u003e 3. Spectral Grey: On the ancient suffering of light in its descent into darkness and its more recent exploits on salt and silver\u003cbr\u003e Third Digression: Of Grey and Woman\u003cbr\u003e 4. Grey that touches you: In the storm, in the north, by the sea, in the mountains\u003cbr\u003e Fourth Digression: What Cézanne’s grey is all about\u003cbr\u003e 5. The grey ecstasies: Mystical rap, tepid drift, creative indifference, and the difficulty of defending God against suspicions of indifference\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\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":52441813352728,"sku":"9781509557486","price":45.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509557486.jpg?v=1785026871","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/if-you-have-never-thought-gray-a-theory-of-color-hardback-9781509557486","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}