{"product_id":"obstruction-9780822360841","title":"Obstruction","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on an eclectic range of texts and figures, from the Greek Cynics to Tori Amos, Nick Salvato finds that embarrassment, laziness, slowness, cynicism, and digressiveness can paradoxically enable alternative modes of intellectual production.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Through an often breathtaking range of cultural readings, Salvato (performing and media arts, Cornell) offers new ways to think about traits that are normally seen as obstructions or impediments to creative or scholarly projects. . . . here is little doubt that graduate students and early-career academics, especially those in the humanities, will find this book a source of affirmation, encouragement, and transformation. Essential. All readers.\" -- M. Uebel * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"Whether identifying as academics or intellectuals, yoga instructors or closet fans of Tori Amos, readers of \u003ci\u003eObstruction\u003c\/i\u003e are certain to discover that there is immense pleasure and great value to be gained from an absorptive encounter with Nick Salvato’s embarrassing, lazy, slow, cynical, digressive act of scholarly labour. As \u003ci\u003eObstruction \u003c\/i\u003ereminds us: if it’s broke, don’t fix it.\" -- Amy Holzapfel * Modern Drama *\u003cbr\u003e\"Whether laziness or cynicism, it seems there is a way to utilize such obstructions for creativity and productivity, but only by embracing them as offering valuable constraints, and not by treating them as presenting obstacles to dissolve or overcome. \u003ci\u003eObstruction\u003c\/i\u003e makes a clear argument for the use value of affect for cognitive activity, especially, creativity in thinking.\" -- Karen Simecek * Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  vii\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Trafficking in Five Obstructions  1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Embarrassment  33\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. Laziness  63\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Slowness  95\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. Cynicism  127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. Digressiveness  157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion. Sober Futurity  193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes  205\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index  251","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406094082391,"sku":"9780822360841","price":98.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822360841.jpg?v=1730494504","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/obstruction-9780822360841","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}