The Number and the Siren

by Quentin Meillassoux

Book Overview

A philosophical interrogation of the concepts of chance, contingency, and eternity through a concentrated study of Mallarm 's poem "Un Coup de D s."

A meticulous literary study, a detective story la Edgar Allan Poe, a treasure-hunt worthy of an adventure novel--such is the register in which can be deciphered the hidden secrets of a poem like no other. Quentin Meillassoux, author of After Finitude, continues his philosophical interrogation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0983216924
• ISBN13: 9780983216926
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Urbanomic/Sequence Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.4" x 6.8"