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Rust

Series: Object Lessons
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Rust by Professor Jean-Michel Rabaté explores the cultural and artistic significance of rust, examining its impact from multiple perspectives, including literature, art, and philosophy. The book delves into how rust symbolizes decay and transformation, while also serving as a metaphor for socio-cultural processes. It blends insights from various fields to highlight rust's intriguing paradoxes.
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This book may appeal to you if you have an interest in exploring how rust metaphorically represents decay and transformation in culture and the arts. It offers intriguing insights into how rust has permeated various aspects of life and thought, making it a unique read for lovers of cultural commentary.

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Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.

It’s happening all the time, all around us. We cover it up. We ignore it. Rust takes on the many meanings of this oxidised substance, showing how technology bleeds into biology and ecology. Jean-Michel Rabaté combines art, science, and autobiography to share his fascination with peeling paints and rusty metal sheets. Rust, he concludes, is a place where things living, built, and remembered commingle.

Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.

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Rust by Professor Jean-Michel Rabaté is praised for its broad and insightful exploration of rust, providing a philosophical and artistic perspective on what is often seen as a flaw. The book is noted for its engaging argument that rust symbolizes transformation and holds aesthetic and scientific potential. It is described as an eclectic and thought-provoking read, full of rich metaphors and surprising insights that challenge conventional perceptions.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781501329494

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 March 2018

Country: United States

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic USA

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 120.0mm

Height: 160.0mm

Weight: 140g

Pages: 152

About the Author

Jean-Michel Rabaté is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Pennsylvania, USA, senior curator of Slought Foundation, one of the editors of the Journal of Modern Literature, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has authored or edited forty books and collections on modernism, psychoanalysis, philosophy and aesthetics.

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