The World Is Gone: Philosophy in Light of the Pandemic
Exploring the existential implications of the Covid-19 crisis through meditations

Part personal memoir, part philosophical reflection and written in the midst of the pandemic in 2021, The World Is Gone employs the Robinson Crusoe fable to launch an existential investigation of the effects of extreme isolation, profound boredom, nightly insomnia, and the fear of madness associated with the loss of a world populated by others.

Forerunners: Ideas First is a thought-in-process series of breakthrough digital publications. Written between fresh ideas and finished books, Forerunners draws on scholarly work initiated in notable blogs, social media, conference plenaries, journal articles, and the synergy of academic exchange. This is gray literature publishing: where intense thinking, change, and speculation take place in scholarship.

1140474685
The World Is Gone: Philosophy in Light of the Pandemic
Exploring the existential implications of the Covid-19 crisis through meditations

Part personal memoir, part philosophical reflection and written in the midst of the pandemic in 2021, The World Is Gone employs the Robinson Crusoe fable to launch an existential investigation of the effects of extreme isolation, profound boredom, nightly insomnia, and the fear of madness associated with the loss of a world populated by others.

Forerunners: Ideas First is a thought-in-process series of breakthrough digital publications. Written between fresh ideas and finished books, Forerunners draws on scholarly work initiated in notable blogs, social media, conference plenaries, journal articles, and the synergy of academic exchange. This is gray literature publishing: where intense thinking, change, and speculation take place in scholarship.

10.0 Out Of Stock
The World Is Gone: Philosophy in Light of the Pandemic

The World Is Gone: Philosophy in Light of the Pandemic

by Gregg Lambert
The World Is Gone: Philosophy in Light of the Pandemic

The World Is Gone: Philosophy in Light of the Pandemic

by Gregg Lambert

Paperback

$10.00 
  • SHIP THIS ITEM
    Temporarily Out of Stock Online
  • PICK UP IN STORE
    Check Availability at Nearby Stores

Related collections and offers


Overview

Exploring the existential implications of the Covid-19 crisis through meditations

Part personal memoir, part philosophical reflection and written in the midst of the pandemic in 2021, The World Is Gone employs the Robinson Crusoe fable to launch an existential investigation of the effects of extreme isolation, profound boredom, nightly insomnia, and the fear of madness associated with the loss of a world populated by others.

Forerunners: Ideas First is a thought-in-process series of breakthrough digital publications. Written between fresh ideas and finished books, Forerunners draws on scholarly work initiated in notable blogs, social media, conference plenaries, journal articles, and the synergy of academic exchange. This is gray literature publishing: where intense thinking, change, and speculation take place in scholarship.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781517913380
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Publication date: 02/22/2022
Series: Forerunners: Ideas First
Pages: 114
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Gregg Lambert is Dean’s Professor of Humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences, Syracuse University. His most recent University of Minnesota publications include The Elements of Foucault (2020) and Philosophy after Friendship: Deleuze’s Conceptual Personae (2017).

Table of Contents

Preface: To My Fellow Castaways

First Day: The Darkening of the World (Heidegger)

Second Day: Existence without Existents (Levinas)

Third Day: The Two Ecstasies of Extreme Solitude (Heidegger and Levinas)

Fourth Day: A World without Others (Tournier)

Fifth Day: The Schizoid and the Depressive (Deleuze)

Sixth Day: The Worst-Case Scenario Lullaby (Bonaparte)

Seventh Day: Robinson? C’est Moi!

The Complete Desert Island Library

From the B&N Reads Blog

Customer Reviews