Stratagem of the Corpse: Dying with Baudrillard, a Study of Sickness and Simulac

Description: Stratagem of the Corpse by Gary J. Shipley, William Pawlet Stratagem of the Corpseis a philosophical and literary exposition of death not so much as seen by Baudrillard but Baudrillard as seen by death. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Stratagem of the Corpse is a philosophical and literary exposition of death not so much as seen by Baudrillard but Baudrillard as seen by death.This book is unique in its dedicated tackling of the subject of death in the work of Jean Baudrillard. Through new readings of his work, the book makes so patently clear the importance of Baudrillards tendency to poeticize, his core indebtedness to Georges Bataille, Alfred Jarry, and others, and his reliance on paradox. Ultimately, Stratagem of the Corpse is less a making sense of death and more a transcript of what occurred when death made sense of us, a reverse thanatology in which death delineates the variant forms of our encroachment, not so much death as seen by Baudrillard but Baudrillard as seen by death. Author Biography Gary J. Shipley, independent scholar and writer, is the author of ten books, and has published widely in literary journals, academic journals and anthologies. He has taught philosophy at the University of Kent. Table of Contents Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1 On Decay and Other Synthetics; Chapter 2 Stratagem of the Corpse; Chapter 3 A Bleak Non-History of History; Chapter 4 The Hyperactivity of Objects; Chapter 5 The Unnamable Catastrophe; Chapter 6 A Cure For Vertigo; Chapter 7 Chance and the Temporality of Death; Chapter 8 The Possibility of Nihilism; Chapter 9 Smell-O-Vision: The Murder Show; Chapter 10 The Evil Death; Chapter 11 False Confessions and the Madness of Death: Making Death Speak; Chapter 12 The Black Light: Nigredo and Catastrophe; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Index. Review Shipleys work is one of the rare exceptions. Some of Baudrillards best-known, but least understood, ideas are here unleashed, freed of the disciplinary apparatus of academic convention – and rightly so. —William Pawlett, Senior Lecturer in Media, University of Wolverhampton, UKGary J. Shipley explores the intensities of his meticulously constructed, artificial insanity with a philosophical and literary elegance that is truly exceptional. This is a book that evidently triumphs in its primary directive, of making Baudrillard, once again, necessary. —Nick Land, Author of The Thirst for Annihilation: Georges Bataille and Virulent NihilismThis is not a book "about" Baudrillard. It is a book infected with the necrotic spirit of Baudrillards post-orgiastic thought, as well as the transgressive spirits of those who infected him in turn (Bataille especially). —Dominic Pettman, Professor of Culture and Media, New School, USA, and Author of After the Orgy: Toward a Politics of ExhaustionShipleys book about dying with Baudrillard, of death becoming Baudrillardian, is testament to the growing realization that Baudrillards philosophy is only becoming more relevant – perhaps one day this century will be known as Baudrillardian. —Richard G. Smith, Author of The Baudrillard DictionaryThere is extraordinary power behind those books which ask the wrong questions, perfecting the art of imperfection by taking thought toward death itself. Gary J. Shipleys reflections on Baudrillard and beyond are of this same rare quality of elegant disturbance: they wrest the fatal imagination elsewhere and otherwise, between death and the dying; among enigmatic corpses and unnameable catastrophes; through varied meditations on decay, apocalypse, chance, obscenity, mutilation, vertigo and terror. —Jason Mohaghegh, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Babson College, USA, and Author of The Chaotic Imagination; Omnicide: Mania, Fatality, and the Future-In-Delirium; and Night: A Philosophy of the After-Dark Promotional An original exploration of death in Jean Baudrillards work Long Description Stratagem of the Corpse is a philosophical and literary exposition of death not so much as seen by Baudrillard but Baudrillard as seen by death. This book is unique in its dedicated tackling of the subject of death in the work of Jean Baudrillard. Through new readings of his work, the book makes so patently clear the importance of Baudrillards tendency to poeticize, his core indebtedness to Georges Bataille, Alfred Jarry, and others, and his reliance on paradox. Ultimately, Stratagem of the Corpse is less a making sense of death and more a transcript of what occurred when death made sense of us, a reverse thanatology in which death delineates the variant forms of our encroachment, not so much death as seen by Baudrillard but Baudrillard as seen by death. Review Quote This is not a book "about" Baudrillard. It is a book infected with the necrotic spirit of Baudrillards post-orgiastic thought, as well as the transgressive spirits of those who infected him in turn (Bataille especially). --Dominic Pettman, Professor of Culture and Media, New School, USA, and Author of After the Orgy: Toward a Politics of Exhaustion Promotional "Headline" An original exploration of death in Jean Baudrillards work Details ISBN1785272756 Author William Pawlet Publisher Anthem Press Language English Year 2020 ISBN-10 1785272756 ISBN-13 9781785272752 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2020-01-30 Imprint Anthem Press Subtitle Dying with Baudrillard, a Study of Sickness and Simulacra Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Pages 222 Short Title Stratagem of the Corpse UK Release Date 2020-01-30 NZ Release Date 2020-01-30 Series Anthem Series on Radical Theory Alternative 9781839980718 DEWEY 302 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2020-01-29 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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