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Author:

Lingis, Alphonso, 1933-

Title:

Violence and splendor / Alphonso Lingis.

Publisher:

Northwestern University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

162 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Phenomenology.
Space and time--Philosophy.
Art and philosophy.
Violence--Philosophy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Part 1. Spaces within spaces -- 1. Extremes -- 2. Nature abhors a vacuum -- 3. Space travel -- 4. Learn to say -- 5. Metaphysical habitats -- 6. Departures -- 7. Plumage and talismans -- 8. Inner space -- Part 2. Snares for the eyes -- 9. The fallen giant -- 10. The stone -- 11. The voices of things -- 12. Nature and art -- 13. Nature -- 14. In touch -- Part. 3. The sacred -- 15. Sacrilege -- Part 4. Violence -- 16. Material culture -- 17. Orders -- 18. Filth -- 19. Fake fetishes, disrobed mannequins -- 20. Wallowing in glory -- 21. The art of war -- Part 5. Splendor -- 22. The face of death -- 23. The emergence of dance -- 24. Collective performances -- 25. War and splendor.

Series:

Northwestern University studies in phenomenology and existential philosophy

ISBN:

0810127555 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780810127555 (cloth : alk. paper)
0810127520 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780810127524 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)693809804

LCCN:

2011009137

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)