The Life of Things, the Love of Things
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The Life of Things, the Love of Things by Remo Bodei
From prehistoric stone tools to machines to computers, things have traveled a long road along with human beings. Changing with the times, places, and methods of production, coming from diverse histories, enveloped in multiple layers of meaning, things embody ideas, emotions, and symbols of which we are often unaware.
"Bodei's philosophical expertise is obvious, but he surpasses by far the level of most phenomenologies of "things" thanks to his refined sensibility with regard to the vital, ethical, economic, aesthetic, and religious aspects of various types of things" -- -Adriaan T. Peperzak Loyola University, Chicago "Simple things. Bare objects still new or already worn out. Objects unscathed or consumed and so slated for insignificance and destruction. But is this really the fate of things today or is there instead another way of looking at them, one able to salvage things somehow from such an anonymous and listless end? This is the piercing and original question that Remo Bodei poses in The Life of Things, The Love of Things." -- -Roberto Esposito La repubblica
Remo Bodei is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Pisa after having taught for many years at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa and at the University of California, Los Angeles. Murtha Baca has translated numerous books from the Italian. Her translations include Pellegrino Artusi's Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780823264438 |
| ISBN 10 | 0823264432 |
| Title | The Life of Things, the Love of Things |
| Author | Remo Bodei |
| Series | Commonalities |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Fordham University Press |
| Year published | 2015-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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