Virality Vitality

Reveals the fragility of basic scientific concepts through the unstable relationship between viruses and life, calling for a deconstructive reading to grapple with their theoretical and political effects.

About the author

Jonathan Basile is an Arts and Science Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto's Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology. He is the author of Tar for Mortar: "The Library of Babel" and the Dream of Totality and the creator of an online universal library, libraryofbabel.info.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Basile
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2025
• EAN: 9798855801842
• ISBN: 979-8-8558-0184-2
• No. of pages: 274
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Illustrations: 1 figure, Zahlen
• Series: SUNY series in Contemporary French Thought
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Microbiology (non-medical), SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, Philosophy of Mind, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Microbiology, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Deconstruction, Biology, life sciences, Science / Environmental Science, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Deconstructionism, Structuralism, Post-structuralism, Structuralism and Post-structuralism