Abuses

by Alphonso Lingis

Book Overview

Part travelogue, part meditation, Abuses is a bold exploration of central themes in Continental philosophy by one of the most passionate and original thinkers in that tradition writing today. A... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520203445
• ISBN13: 9780520203440
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Lingis The John

This book is fascinating-written very poetically, with many striking insights, such as: "The immense field of ephemeral insights, fantasies, impulses, and intentions that link up in disjointed systems are forced to somehow form an individual whole in our bodies." Its key weakness lies in Lingis's obsession with sex throughout the book, including a description of a supposed encounter with a prostitute and many pages dedicated to homoeroticism.