{"product_id":"alexandre-kojzuve-an-intellectual-biography-9781804296820","title":"Alexandre Kojève: An Intellectual Biography","description":"\u003cb\u003eUnravelling the mystery of Alexandre Kojève\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this intellectual biography, critic and philosopher Boris Groys turns to the Arthur Rimbaud of modern bureaucracy, Alexandre Kojève, a philosopher of little-known writings and profound influence. Kojève was fascinated with Hegel's dialectics and with communism and envisioned a universal empire as the end of history. Kojève drew on Buddhism and also proclaimed himself a Stalinist. At the same time, he was one of the creators of a nascent European Union. His concept of the human as something defined by negation and unique among animals in being separated from nature is highly political. It explains why humans can never be fully satisfied by a political system based on their allegedly 'natural' rights. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGroys reveals a Kojève with a unique perspective on our political capacities and human condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoris Groys lives and works in Berlin. He has taught as Professor at the universities in Germany (ZKM), USA (NYU), UK (Courtauld) and some others. He has curated many exhibitions including an exhibition of Kojève's photography (shown in BAK (Utrecht), Palais Tokyo (Paris), Gwangju Biennial (South Korea), OKAT (Shenzhen, China). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis previous books include: \u003ci\u003eArt Power\u003c\/i\u003e, 2008; \u003ci\u003eAn Introduction to Antiphilosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, 2012; \u003ci\u003eOn the New\u003c\/i\u003e, 2014\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749431804178,"sku":"9781804296820","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_49a0a9cf-f803-4dc0-982c-49f078fe2b47.jpg?v=1764085019","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/alexandre-kojzuve-an-intellectual-biography-9781804296820","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}