The Egalitarian Sublime: A Process Philosophy - Paperback

The Egalitarian Sublime: A Process Philosophy - Paperback

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The Egalitarian Sublime: A Process Philosophy - Paperback

The Egalitarian Sublime: A Process Philosophy - Paperback

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by James Williams (Author)

We call sublime those things and experiences supposed to be the very best. But what if the best actually leads to inequality and exploitation? Williams critiques the sublime over its long history and in recent returns to sublime nature and technologies. Deploying a new critical method that draws on process philosophy, he shows how the sublime has always led to inequality. This holds true even where it underpins ideas of cosmopolitan enlightenment, and even when refined by Burke, Kant, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer and Zizek. Against the unjust legacies of the traditional sublime, James Williams defends a new, anarchist sublime: multiple, self-destructive and temporary; opposed to any idea of highest value to be shared by all but always imposed on the powerless.

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A new, egalitarian, process philosophy of the sublime We call sublime those things and experiences supposed to be the very best. What if the best encourages the worst? What if the best leads to inequality and exploitation? Against unjust legacies of the traditional sublime James Williams defends an anarchist sublime: multiple, self-destructive and temporary, opposed to any idea of highest value to be shared by all, but always imposed on the powerless. He criticises the sublime, over its long history and in recent returns to sublime nature and technologies. Deploying a new critical method, Williams shows how the sublime has always led to inequality, even where it underpins ideas of cosmopolitan enlightenment and even when refined by Burke, Kant, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer and Zizek. James Williams is Honorary Professor in the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University.

Author Biography

James Williams is Honorary Professor of Philosophy and member of the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalization at Deakin University. He has published widely on contemporary French philosophy and is currently working on a critique of the idea of extended mind from the point of view of process philosophy.

Number of Pages: 208
Dimensions: 0.44 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN
Publication Date: May 26, 2021

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