Impossible Objects: Interviews

by Todd Kesselman, Carl Cederström, Simon Critchley

Book Overview

Impossible objects are those about which the philosopher, narrowly conceived, can hardly speak: poetry, film, music, humor. Such objects do not rely on philosophy for interpretation and understanding; they are already independent practices and sites of sensuous meaning production. As Elvis Costello has said, writing about music is like dancing about architecture. We don't need literary theory in order to be riveted by the poem, nor a critic's analysis...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745653219
• ISBN13: 9780745653211
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"