Secret Philosophies

A Book of Lost Worlds

Häftad, Engelska, 2027

389 kr

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A compendium of secret societies and their lost ideas, Secret Philosophies is a strikingly original passage through the hidden dimensions of thought.The book traverses buried archives and forgotten movements that have been lost to time, exploring their philosophies of rumour and conspiracy through a revolving collection of ancient, medieval, and futuristic sects in both the East and West. Taking a new approach to the production of knowledge, Jason Mohaghegh unfolds a labyrinth of texts from vanished libraries, underground circles, and the authors of enigmatic codes and ciphers. Each chapter features its own object of fascination, a looking glass into the rarest traditions of secrecy in both writing and imagination: from the oldest Babylonian tablet of apocalyptic warnings to a medieval prophet's last words in a cave of delirium; from books of sleep to books of plague; from exiled tongues to forbidden alphabets; from intelligence agencies to occult networks, obscure astronomical schools, science fiction symbols, burned cities, and virtual reality subcultures. Together, these encounters with subterranean worlds form their own mysterious history, and with it a philosophy of secrecy like no other.Alongside Jason Mohaghegh’s writings are a sequence of encounters with the Palestinian artist and writer Dana Dawud, who curatorially opens each instalment like a subterranean gallery full of codes, prompts, and questions, and the renowned Iranian visual artist Raha Raissnia has also offered original calligraphic drawings that stand like portals before each chapter of the book.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2027-01-21
Mått156 x 234 x 17 mm
Vikt453 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor320
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781350549395

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Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Babson College, USA. He is author of The Chaotic Imagination: New Literature and Philosophy of the Middle East (2010), Inflictions: The Writing of Violence in the Middle East (Bloomsbury 2012), The Radical Unspoken: Silence in Middle Eastern and Western Thought (2013), Insurgent, Poet, Mystic, Sectarian: The Four Masks of an Eastern Postmodernism (2015); Born Upon the Dark Spear: Selected Poems of Ahmad Shamlu (translation; 2016); Elemental Disappearances (co-authored with Dejan Lukic; 2016); Manifestos of World Thought (co-edited with Lucian Stone, Rowman & Littlefield, 2017); Omnicide: Mania, Fatality, and the Future-In-Delirium (2019); Night: A Philosophy of the After Dark (Zero Books, 2020); Night II: A Philosophy of the Last World (2022), and; Omnicide II: Mania, Doom, and the Future-In-Deception (2023). He is also the co-editor of two book series at Bloomsbury Press--Future Theory and Suspensions

Introduction: The False Aleph: In Search of Hidden Turns and Secret Texts 1. ALEF - Intiqam/Intiqal - Revenge/Movement 2. BE - Bazakh/Barzakh - Voice/Limbo 3. PE - Peeraneh/Peerayeh - Elder/Ornament 4. TE - Takassur/Takassul - Brokenness/Fatigue 5. S_E - Thakel/Thaqel - Heavy/Bereaved 6. JIM - Jazaf/Jazal - Flying/Rejoicing 7. CE - Chekaleh/Chekameh - Drops/Poem 8. E - Hanaq/Hanak - Anger/Palate 9. XE - Kha'if/Kha'iz - Frightened/Daredevil 10. DÂL - Dakk/Dam -Bruising/Blood 11. ÂL - Zabih/Zabir - Cutthroat/Intelligent 12. RE - Razm/Razl -Overflowing/Discarding 13. ZE - Zal/Zar - Albino/Dice 14. ŽE - Zhir/Zhizh - Reservoir/Impure 15. SIN - Suragh/Saran - Mark/Angels 16. ŠIN - Shayvard/Sha'ban - Moon-Halo/Pregnant-Night 17. ÂD - Saugh/Sauf - Creation/Deviation 18. ZÂD - Zarh/Zarm - Grave/Half-Burnt 19. TÂ - Tasm/Tasl - Obliteration/Glittering-Mirage 20. Â - Zal'/Zalf - - Mountain/Claw 21. AYN -Abaq/’Abqar – Perfume/Wonderment22. GHAYN - Ghats/Ghatsh - Plunging/Slow-Walking 23. FE - Fatsh/Fatgh - Digging/Splitting 24. QÂF - Qa’/Qa’if - Abyss/Rain 25. KÂF - Kabl/Kabk - Prisoner’s Chain/Hand 26. GÂF- Gerd/Gerd-kona - Collector/Circle 27. LÂM - Latf/Latm - Grace/Slap 28. MIM - Mirasan/Miras - Singing-girl/Succession 29. NUN - Nareh/Nareh-- Wave/Demon 30. VÂV - Wafd/Wafr - Arrival/Totality 31. HE - Hams/Hamsh -Whispering/Entering 32. YE - Yaraq/Yaraqan - Sin/King’s-Evil