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Passionate Being: Language, Singularity and Perseverance
Yve Lomax
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Description for Passionate Being: Language, Singularity and Perseverance
Paperback. Takes the author and reader on a journey that has them thinking of their experience of and belonging to language and the possibility of an instance of the world taking-place without prejudice and exclusion. This book also brings into play, among others, the work of Giorgio Agamben. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
Written through both the first and second person singular, "Passionate Being" takes its author and its reader on a journey that has them thinking of their experience of and belonging to language and the possibility of an instance of the world taking-place without prejudice and exclusion. At its beginning, it brings to its author the question 'What can you say?' The responses that ensue turn our attention toward presupposition and about how 'singularity' can be said. The book also brings into play, among others, the work of Giorgio Agamben. It asks us to view both language and the world taking-place ... Read more
Written through both the first and second person singular, "Passionate Being" takes its author and its reader on a journey that has them thinking of their experience of and belonging to language and the possibility of an instance of the world taking-place without prejudice and exclusion. At its beginning, it brings to its author the question 'What can you say?' The responses that ensue turn our attention toward presupposition and about how 'singularity' can be said. The book also brings into play, among others, the work of Giorgio Agamben. It asks us to view both language and the world taking-place ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848850972
SKU
V9781848850972
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Ref
99-5
About Yve Lomax
Yve Lomax is Professor in Art Writing at Goldsmiths College and Research Tutor for Fine Art/Photography at the Royal College of Art. Yve Lomax's books 'Writing the Image: An Adventure with Art and Theory' and 'Sounding the Event: Escapades in Dialogue & Matters of Art, Nature & Time' were published by I.B. Tauris in respectively 2000 and 2004. Yve Lomax ... Read more
Reviews for Passionate Being: Language, Singularity and Perseverance
'Here Yve Lomax, one of the most original and significant artists and writers working today, proves again why her work has been central to the establishment of the discipline of Art Writing. 'Passionate Being' is both culmination of and departure from previous work. It takes the 'art of writing' to a new dimension and is crucial reading for all ... Read more