{"product_id":"anaesthetics-of-existence-9781478008262","title":"Anaesthetics of Existence","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on examples of things that happen to us but are nonetheless excluded from experience, as well as critical phenomenology, genealogy, and feminist theory, Cressida J. Heyes shows how and why experience has edges, and analyzes phenomena that press against them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“‘\u003ci\u003eAnaesthetics of Existence\u003c\/i\u003e,’ writes Cressida J. Heyes, ‘is a book about refusal, exclusion and liminality.’ More than this, it is a book about the unevenness of attention, about the tendency of bodies to flicker in and out of consciousness, and about extreme ordinariness and the increasing ordinariness of the extreme. This book is timely, original, and offers new insights within the philosophy of experience.” -- Jack Halberstam, author of * The Queer Art of Failure *\u003cbr\u003e“Incredibly smart, wide ranging, inventive, and timely, Cressida J. Heyes's \u003ci\u003eAnaesthetics of Existence\u003c\/i\u003e offers a detailed and philosophically rigorous phenomenological exploration of experience. Heyes does not merely report on phenomenology, she \u003ci\u003edoes\u003c\/i\u003e it with an aliveness to her prose and an expansiveness to her thinking that feels fresh, original, and exciting. A marvelous book.” -- Gayle Salamon, author of * The Life and Death of Latisha King: A Critical Phenomenology of Transphobia *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Without a doubt, Heyes’ \u003ci\u003eAnaesthetics of Existence\u003c\/i\u003e is a marvelously written, timely, and exciting book. It is both a scholarly feat—impeccably researched and persuasively argued—and a pleasurable read that offers some respite and solace amidst the chaos of postdisciplinary time.”\u003c\/p\u003e -- Corinne Lajoie * Contemporary Political Theory *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eAnaesthetics of Existence \u003c\/i\u003eis delivered with impressive brevity and wit. . . . \u003ci\u003eAnaesthetics of Existence \u003c\/i\u003eis a remarkably timely text because, as we desperately hope for an end to pandemic time, we must also critically consider the prepandemic world we’ve missed and how, in light of this disruption, we might establish different habits.” -- Lauren Guilmette * Political Theory *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eAnaesthetics of Existence \u003c\/i\u003eexudes a prescience for our current era unmatched by monographs composed in the period immediately preceding the COVID-19 pandemic. Heyes, a philosopher, undertakes poignant phenomenological case studies into urgent feminist issues, including date rape, the pressures of parenting, and childbirth.” -- Evangeline Holtz-Schramek * Humanities *","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408983400791,"sku":"9781478008262","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478008262.jpg?v=1730504962","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/anaesthetics-of-existence-9781478008262","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}