Samuel Weber
An influential thinker on the concept of singularity and its implications on politics, theology, economics, psychoanalysis, and literature
Bringing together two decades of Samuel Weber’s essays,
Singularity hones in on the surprising implications of the singular and its historical relation to the individual in politics, theology, economics, psychoanalysis, and literature. Weber reads the literary writings of Hölderlin, Nietzsche, and Kafka as exemplary practices that put singularity into play, not as fiction but as friction, exposing the self-evidence of established conventions to be responses to challenges and problems that they often prefer to obscure or ignore.
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A trailblazing exploration of the political stakes of curiosity
Perry Zurn explores the political philosophy of curiosity the heartbeat of political resistance and a critical factor in social justice. Drawing on philosophy and political theory as well as feminist theory, race theory, disability studies, and trans studies, he tracks curiosity in the structures of political marginalization and resistance from the Civil Rights Movement to building better social relationships.
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Curiosity is political. Who is curious, when, and how reflects the social values and power structures of a given society. In
Curiosity and Power, Perry Zurn explores the political philosophy of curiosity, staking the groundbreaking claim that it is a social force the heartbeat of political resistance and a critical factor in social justice. He argues that the very scaffolding of curiosity is the product of political architectures, and exploring these values and architectures is crucial if we are to bet