The Perils of the One

by Stathis Gourgouris

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From the earliest times, societies have been seduced by the temptation of unitary thinking. Recognizing the vulnerability of existence, people and cultures privilege regimes that confer authority on a single entity, a sovereign ruler, a transcendental deity, or an Event, which they embrace with unquestioned devotion. Such obsessions precipitate contempt for the worldliness of real bodies in real time and refusal of responsibility and agency.

In The Perils of the One, Stathis Gourgouris offers a philosophical anthropology that confronts the legacy of "monarchical thinking": the desire to subjugate oneself to unitary principles and structures, whether political, moral, theological,...Read more
  • ISBN10 0231550022
  • ISBN13 9780231550024
  • Publish Date 30 July 2019
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Columbia University Press
  • Format eBook
  • Language English