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The second volume in the Letting Be trilogy moves toward a radically new politics that is both emancipatory and realist. Throughout the history of human societies, the question of 'we' has always entailed the question of 'us and them', the reconciliation of which can either give birth to or mark the end of a politics. Tristan Garcia's radical historicisation of the ways we have imagined ourselves is more than a commentary on the dynamics of representation in a given society. This work is a rigorous engagement with the history of humanity's attempts at being collectively. Garcia provides a methodological framework that critically reinvigorates our dreams of the society to come and clears the way for the return to ontology in Letting Be III. Tristan Garcia is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Lyon. Christopher RayAlexander is an Independent Scholar. Abigail RayAlexander is Assistant Professor of French at Kennesaw State University. Jon Cogburn is Professor of Philosophy at Louisiana State University.
About the author
Tristan Garcia is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Lyon and an award-winning novelist. He is the author of
La vie intense: Une obsession moderne, translated into English as
The Life Intense: A Modern Obsession (Edinburgh University Press, 2018) and
Forme et objet. Un traité des choses (PUF, 2011), translated into English as
Form and Object: A Treatise on Things (Edinburgh University Press, 2014). His other philosophical works include
L'Image and
Nous. His fictional works include
Les cordelettes de Browser,
En l'absence de classement final and
Mémoires de la jungle. In 2008, he received the Prix de Flore for
La meilleure part des hommes, translated into English as
Hate: A Romance.
Summary
Throughout the history of human societies, the question of 'we' has always entailed the question of 'us and them'. Tristan Garcia's looks at the history of how people have imagined themselves in their societies. All in all, this work is a rigorous engagement with the history of humanity's attempts at being collectively.
