Cabinet 68: The End Contributor(s): Najafi, Sina (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1932698833 ISBN-13: 9781932698831 Publisher: Cabinet
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BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Art | Criticism & Theory |
Physical Information: 96 pages |
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Publisher Description: The question of endings haunts human beings across all their endeavors, which is why the idea of finitude has been a topic of philosophy since its very inception. How to finish a work, how to conclude a relationship, how to die--these are interrelated questions that challenge aesthetics, morality and existence. Cabinet 68, with a special section on "The End," includes Aaron Schuster on the theoretical framework of the romantic breakup; Jeff Dolven on objects such as pencils or filterless cigarettes that serve as their own handles and can therefore not be used to the very end; and Shireen Brooke on Balzac's "The Unknown Masterpiece" and the philosophy of the unfinishable. Elsewhere in the issue: Femke Herregraven on how the minute lags produced by the material infrastructure of the internet is exploited in high-frequency trading; Sasha Archibald on the influence of the Technicolor corporation's Color Advisory Service on the history of cinema; and Benjamin Breen on British mathematician and Futurian Richard Medhurst and his role in debunking the work of the Society for Psychical Research. |
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