{"product_id":"9781350531376","title":"Existence is Elsewhere The Philosophical Frameworks of Surrealism","description":"\u003ch3\u003eLines\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eExistence is Elsewhere\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Philosophical Frameworks of Surrealism\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMichael Richardson | Matthew Fuller | Andrew Goffey\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ Social\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eExistence is Elsewhere \u003c\/i\u003eoffers the first comprehensive account of surrealism as a movement sustained by philosophical ideas.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoving far beyond the familiar narrative linking surrealism to Freud, this study reveals a century-long engagement with thinkers as diverse as Hegel, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Schelling, Novalis, Nietzsche, and Fourier, as well as traditions outside the Western canon, from ancient Egypt to Chinese thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Richardson shows that surrealism was born of a network of encounters: collective experiments, shared crises after the First World War, and intense friendships that shaped its emergence between 1919 and 1924. Its philosophical orientation arose not from systematic study but from a “philosophical poetics” – a way of thinking through practice, intuition, and experiment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcross ten chapters, Richardson traces surrealism's relationship with dialectical thinking, analogy, myth, and the marvellous. Hegel's ideas on mediation and becoming illuminate Breton's concerns with identity and recognition; Heraclitus' unity of opposites and Parmenides' journey into the unknown resonate with surrealism's pursuit of an “elsewhere” beyond perceptual reality; Schelling's philosophy of nature and the unconscious opens new vistas for understanding surrealism's animist sensibility, while Nietzsche's pessimism and affirmation of life sharpen its critique of modernity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eExistence is Elsewhere \u003c\/i\u003eis an essential resource for readers in philosophy, literature, art history, and modern intellectual history, offering a bold reconceptualization of the history of surrealism, and what it may still become.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMichael Richardson\u003c\/b\u003e is Visiting Fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. He has published widely on surrealism, including \u003ci\u003eThe Absence of Myth\u003c\/i\u003e (1991), \u003ci\u003eGeorge Bataille: Essential Writings\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), \u003ci\u003eRefusal of the Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), and \u003ci\u003eSurrealism and Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e (2006).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18 February 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350531376\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51515353268364,"sku":"9781350531376","price":22.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_506c5a5b-1fc6-4976-9339-0630bbaa6c05.jpg?v=1784692559","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350531376","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}