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Subtle gravity
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- Book Synopsis
- What is addiction? Who is an addict, and why? Are we only addicted to substances, or also to patterns of thought: self-loathing, doubt, obsessive thinking, and perhaps even silence? Subtle Gravity, like Praeg's first novel, Imitation, departs from the assumption that we are all addicts. We all struggle with being alone. Taking as a point of departure an extreme form of addiction - a commitment to the silence we know precedes the violence that language imposes on us - Subtle Gravity maps a possible way back from addiction through a playful engagement with Buddhism, Christian mysticism and, of course, Star Wars.
- About The Author
- Leonhard Praeg is a professor in the Department of Philosophy at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He lives in Makhanda in the Eastern Cape, where he works as a freelance researcher, editor, writer and yoga nidra teacher.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781869144760
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- University of Kwazulu-Natal Press, (30 July 2022)
- Number of Pages
- 320
- Weight
- 333 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 215 x 152 mm
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