{"product_id":"9781509575749","title":"Beyond Compare The Colour of Value","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBeyond Compare\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Colour of Value\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBrian Massumi\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ Aesthetics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"\"(I) To live, (II) to live well, (III) to live better.\"\" A.N. Whitehead concisely sums up the question of ethics in this phrase. Less a conclusion, it is the opening of a problem. \"\"Well,\"\" \"\"better,\"\" by what yardstick? Can we think ethically without the imposition of a norm that prejudges value according to a preset mold? When a norm is imposed is it not always limitative, channeling behaviour, and segregative, drawing lines of exclusion and inclusion? In short, does this anodyne phrase camouflage a disciplinary power operation that molds and reduces life potential?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, Brian Massumi envisions a radically non-normative ethics, one that might help us think differently about the concept of value. For such an ethics to be viable, it is necessary to fundamentally reforge value along different axes of thought and feeling. To do so, Massumi argues, we must move the compass needle of the ethical toward the aesthetic fulfilling the ethico-aesthetic paradigm called for by Félix Guattari.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeyond Compare\u003c\/i\u003e is a magisterial reappraisal of value from one of the defining philosophers of the last quarter century.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eBrian Massumi\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of numerous works across philosophy, political theory, and art theory. His publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Personality of Power\u003c\/i\u003e (2025), \u003ci\u003e99 Theses for the Revaluation of Value\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), and \u003ci\u003eCouplets\u003c\/i\u003e (2021). With Erin Manning and the 3Ecologies Project, he participates in the collective exploration of new ways of bringing philosophical and artistic practices into collaborative interaction.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26 January 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781509575749\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\u003e212\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50592956809356,"sku":"9781509575749","price":22.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781509575749.jpg?v=1781092340","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781509575749","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}