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VAMPYROTEUTHIS INFERNALIS
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| By: |
Vilem Flusser, Louis Bec, Valentine A. Pakis (Trans) |
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| ISBN 10: |
0816678227 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780816678228 |
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| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 September, 2012 |
| Series: |
PostHumanities |
| Pages: |
112 |
| Translated from: |
French |
| Synopsis: |
How far apart are humans from animals-even the "vampire squid from hell"? Playing the scientist/philosopher/provocateur, Vilem Flusser uses this question as a springboard to dive into a literal and a philosophical ocean. Part scientific treatise, part spoof, part philosophical discourse, part fable,Vampyroteuthis Infernalis gives its author ample room to ruminate on human-andnonhuman-life. Considering the human condition along with the vampire squid/octopus condition seems appropriate because "we are both products of an absurd coincidence . . . we are poorly programmed beings full of defects," Flusser writes. |
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University of Minnesota Press |
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