The Ontology of the Accident: An Essay on Destructive Plasticity
Catherine Malabou
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In the usual order of things, lives run their course and eventually one becomes who one is. Bodily and psychic transformations do nothing but reinforce the permanence of identity. But as a result of serious trauma, or sometimes for no reason at all, a subject’s history splits and a new, unprecedented persona comes to live with the former person - an unrecognizable persona whose present comes from no past and whose future harbors nothing to come; an existential improvisation, a form born of the accident and by accident. Out of a deep cut opened in a biography, a new being ... Read more
In the usual order of things, lives run their course and eventually one becomes who one is. Bodily and psychic transformations do nothing but reinforce the permanence of identity. But as a result of serious trauma, or sometimes for no reason at all, a subject’s history splits and a new, unprecedented persona comes to live with the former person - an unrecognizable persona whose present comes from no past and whose future harbors nothing to come; an existential improvisation, a form born of the accident and by accident. Out of a deep cut opened in a biography, a new being ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
128g
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745652610
SKU
V9780745652610
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About Catherine Malabou
Catherine Malabou is Professor of Philosophy at Kingston University London.
Reviews for The Ontology of the Accident: An Essay on Destructive Plasticity
"Situating the concept of plasticity within the history of philosophy, specifically the work of Hegel, Catherine Malabou has developed the means of invigorating philosophy's relation to science. Here she takes up the challenge of rethinking 'destruction', 'negativity', 'loss' and 'death'; terms which stand opposed to plasticity within the structure of plasticity itself. This work marks a significant development in Malabou's ... Read more