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Concrete Reveries: Consciousness and the City

by Mark Kingwell · 2008

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In Concrete Reveries, acclaimed philosopher and cultural critic Mark Kingwell offers a thoughtful answer to Socrates' injunction about the life worth living, using the urban experience to illustrate the dynamic between concreteness and abstraction that operates within us.Witty and authoritative, the book is an exhilarating journey through unexpected terrain.

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philosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of this
Themes
artartMore like thisLess of this
Setting
ChinaChinaMore like thisLess of thisNew YorkNew YorkMore like thisLess of thisNew York StateNew York StateMore like thisLess of thisShanghaiShanghaiMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 256 pages

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