Exodus
A Philosophy, Contemporary, Novels book. I romanticised Mancunian despair, W says. I didn't realise that Mancunian despair is only the desire to leave Manchester...
A wickedly funny and satisfyingly highbrow black comedy about the collapse of Western academic institutions under the weight of neoliberal economics and crushing, widespread idiocy.Lars and W., the two preposterous philosophical anti-heroes of Spurious and Dogma—called “Uproarious” by the New York Times Book Review—return and face a political, intellectual, and economic landscape in a state of total ruination.With philosophy professors being moved to badminton departments and gin in short supply—although not short enough—the two hapless intellectuals embark on a relentless mission. Well, several relentless missions. For one, they must help gear a guerilla philosophy movement—conducted outside the academy, perhaps under bridges—that will save the study of philosophy...
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- Pages: 289 pages
- ISBN: 9781612191829 / 0
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I romanticised Mancunian despair, W says. I didn't realise that Mancunian despair is only the desire to leave Manchester Lars Iyer, Exodus //
I have a personal policy about not reviewing the Melville House books I read. (I work there.) These books by Lars Iyer are so funny and smart, I'm breaking that here. Or, no, the books are funny. I laughed, loudly, obnoxiously even, in public places around town while reading them. And they are smart, damned smart. Iyer somehow bookends... The strongest of the trilogy, and the one most capable of turning the reader into "a friend of thought." I read 'Exodus' on a series of Sunday trains that took me home by a circuitous and extended route, as a result of Engineering Works. This seemed like the ideal milieu for a rambling and circuitous commentary on academia, philosophy, armageddon, capitalism, and ineptitude. Much of the novel takes place on trains, in any case. As previously...
