Subtle Gravity - Couverture souple

Praeg, Leonhard

 
9781869144760: Subtle Gravity
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1869144767 ISBN 13 : 9781869144760
Editeur : University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2021

Synopsis

What is addiction? Who is an addict, and why? Are we only addicted to substances, or also to patterns of thought: self-loathing, doubt, obsessive thinking, and perhaps even silence?

Subtle Gravity, like Praeg's first novel, Imitation, departs from the assumption that we are all addicts. We all struggle with being alone. Taking as a point of departure an extreme form of addiction – a commitment to the silence we know precedes the violence that language imposes on us – Subtle Gravity maps a possible way back from addiction through a playful engagement with Buddhism, Christian mysticism and, of course, Star Wars.

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À propos de l?auteur

Leonhard Praeg is a professor in the Department of Philosophy at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He lives in Makhanda in the Eastern Cape, where he works as a freelance researcher, editor, writer and yoga nidra teacher.

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Éditeur
University of KwaZulu-Natal Press
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1869144767
ISBN 13 
9781869144760
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
320
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Personne responsable
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