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The second volume in the Letting Be trilogy moves toward a radically new politics that is both emancipatory and realist. Throughout the history of human societies, the question of 'we' has always entailed the question of 'us and them', the reconciliation of which can either give birth to or mark the end of a politics. Tristan Garcia's radical historicisation of the ways we have imagined ourselves is more than a commentary on the dynamics of ...

Our lives today are oppressed by the demand that we live, feel and experience with ever greater intensity. From flavours and smells to sex, drugs and extreme sports, we are in constant pursuit of some new, unheard-of intensity. Tristan Garcia argues that such intensity rarely lives up to its promise, and always comes at a price.

Our lives today are oppressed by the demand that we live, feel and experience all things with ever greater intensity. We are enticed to try exotic flavors and smells, urged to enjoy a wide range of sexual experiences, and pushed to engage in extreme sports and recreational drugs: all in the name of achieving some new, unheard-of intensity. Tristan Garcia argues that such intensity rarely lives up to its promise. It always comes at a price, on...