{"product_id":"escape-philosophy-journeys-beyond-the-human-body-paperback","title":"Escape Philosophy: Journeys beyond the Human Body - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoy Christopher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe are all perpetually holding ourselves together. Our breath, our blood, our food, our spit, our shit, our thoughts, our attention-all tightly held, all the time. Then at death we let it all out, oozing at once into the earth and gasping at last into the ether.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe physical body has often been seen as a prison, as something to be escaped by any means necessary: technology, mechanization, drugs and sensory deprivation, alien abduction, Rapture, or even death and extinction. Taking in horror movies from David Cronenberg and UFO encounters, metal bands such as Godflesh, ketamine experiments, AI, and cybernetics, \u003ci\u003eEscape Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e is an exploration of the ways that human beings have sought to make this escape, to transcend the limits of the human body, to find a way out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the physical world continues to crumble at an ever-accelerating rate, and we are faced with a particularly 21st-century kind of dread and dehumanization in the face of climate collapse and a global pandemic, \u003ci\u003eEscape Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e asks what this escape from our bodies might look like, and if it is even possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoy Christopher\u003c\/b\u003e is an aging BMX and skateboarding zine kid. That's where he learned to turn events and interviews into pages with staples. He has since written about music, media, and culture for everything from self-published zines and personal blogs to national magazines and academic journals. He holds a Ph.D. in Communication Studies from the University of Texas at Austin and currently lives in Savannah, Georgia. As a child, he solved the Rubik's Cube competitively.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 164\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.35 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 12, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42732120801343,"sku":"9781685710620","price":35.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ea48b76c21c46bbf95fd92db3a2017b7.webp?v=1765131360","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/escape-philosophy-journeys-beyond-the-human-body-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}