Impossible Objects by Simon Critchley, Carl Cederstrm, Todd ... - 9780745653211

Impossible ObjectsAuthor(s): Simon Critchley, Carl Cederstrm, Todd Kesselman\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Polity Press\nISBN-13: 9780745653211, 978-0745653211\nSynopsis\nImpossible 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 to enjoy a film. How then can philosophy speak about anything outside of itself, namely all of those things which actually matter to us in this world? In Impossible Objects, Simon Critchley - one of the most influential and insightful philosophers writing today - extends his philosophical investigation into no.