{"title":"Samuel Weber","description":"\u003cp\u003eSamuel Weber's works invite readers into a profound exploration of \u003cstrong\u003earts and culture\u003c\/strong\u003e, where philosophical inquiry meets critical reflection. His books engage with contemporary issues through a unique lens, combining rigorous thought with cultural analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExpect a thoughtful journey into the intersections of history, society, and aesthetics, with texts that challenge conventional perspectives. Weber’s writing is ideal for readers seeking to deepen their understanding of cultural dynamics and intellectual history.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"preexisting-conditions-recounting-the-plague-by-samuel-weber-9781942130765","title":"Preexisting Conditions – Recounting the Plague","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA stunning philosophical and literary account of canonical plague tales\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMany are the losses suffered and lives lost during the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Since 2020, writers around the globe have penned essays and books that make sense of this medical and public health catastrophe. But few have addressed a pressing question that precedes and is the foundation of their writings: How does the very act of narrating the pandemic offer strategies to confront and contend with the pandemic's present dangers?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat narratives have been offered during past plague and pandemic times to ease suffering and loss and protect individuals and communities from a life lived under the most precarious of conditions? The philosopher and literary and cultural critic \u003cem\u003eSamuel Weber\u003c\/em\u003e returns to past narratives of plagues and pandemics to reproduce the myriad ways individual and collective, historical and actual, intentional and unintentional forces converge to reveal how cultures and societies deal with their vulnerability and mortality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe \"preexisting conditions\"—a phrase taken from the American healthcare industry—of these very cultures converge and collide with the urgent situations of individuals confronting the plague.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTexts drawn from the Bible, Sophocles, Thucydides, Boccaccio, Luther, Defoe, Kleist, Hölderlin, Artaud, and Camus demonstrate how in the process of narration, individuals come to reconsider their relationship to others, to themselves, and to the collectives to which they belong and on which they depend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461303779564,"sku":"9781942130765","price":57.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781942130765-preexisting-conditions-recounting-the-plague.jpg?v=1774964216"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/samuel-weber.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}