The History of the Devil Contributor(s): Flusser, Vilém (Author), Novaes, Rodrigo Maltez (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1937561224 ISBN-13: 9781937561222 Publisher: Univocal Publishing OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2014 |
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BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Phenomenology |
Dewey: 142.7 |
Series: Univocal |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.3" W x 8.1" (0.75 lbs) 220 pages |
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Publisher Description:
In The History of the Devil, Flusser frames the human situation from a pseudo-religious point of view. The phenomenal world, or "reality" in a general sense, is identified as the "Devil," and that which transcends phenomena, or the philosophers' and theologians' "reality," is identified as "God." Referencing Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus in its structure, Flusser provocatively leads the reader through an existential exploration of nothingness as the bedrock of reality, where "phenomenon" and "transcendence," "Devil" and "God" become fused and confused. So radically confused, in fact, that Flusser suggests we abandon the quotation marks from the terms "Devil" and "God." At this moment of abysmal confusion, we must make the existential decisions that give direction to our lives. |