Marcus Steinweg

The Terror of Evidence

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This is the first book by the prolific German philosopher Marcus Steinweg to be available in English translation. The Terror of Evidence offers meditations, maxims, aphorisms, notes, and comments¿191 texts ranging in length from three words to three pages¿the deceptive simplicity of which challenges the reader to think. Thinking means getting lost again and again,¿ Steinweg observes. Reality is the ever-broken promise of consistency; the terror of evidence¿ arises from the inconsistency before our eyes. Thinking is a means of coping with that inconsistency. Steinweg is known for his collaborations with Thomas Hirschhorn and the lectures and t… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: DeMarco, Amanda (Translator (French and German to English)) (Übers.)

ISBN: 978-0-262-53343-0
EAN: 9780262533430
Produktnummer: 20734547
Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Seitenangabe: 176 S.
Masse: H11.5 cm x B17.8 cm x D1.3 cm 160 g
Gewicht: 160
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

Marcus Steinweg, an author and philosopher based in Berlin, teaches at the University of the Arts in Berlin and is the coeditor of the journal Inaesthetics. Much of his work treats the intersections of philosophy and art.Thomas Hirschhorn (b. 1957) is a Swiss artist known for large sculptures and ambitious projects, often constructed of everyday, makeshift materials.