{"product_id":"lucretius-i-an-ontology-of-motion-9781474434676","title":"Lucretius I: An Ontology of Motion","description":"\u003cp\u003eThomas Nail argues convincingly and systematically that Lucretius was not an atomist, but a thinker of kinetic flux. In doing so, he completely overthrows the interpretive foundations of modern scientific materialism, whose philosophical origins lie in the atomic reading of Lucretius' immensely influential book \u003ci\u003eDe Rerum Natura\u003c\/i\u003e.This means that Lucretius was not the revolutionary harbinger of modern science as Greenblatt and others have argued; he was its greatest victim. Nail re-reads \u003ci\u003eDe Rerum Natura\u003c\/i\u003e to offer us a new Lucretius - a Lucretius for today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Nail is Distinguished Scholar and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Denver. He is the award-winning author of eight prestigious University Press books which cover a wide range of topics including migration, borders, technology, digital media, history, science, economics, contemporary politics and climate change. His current research focuses on the influence of mobility on society and the arts in the 21st century. His work has been translated into ten major languages and cited across more than 20 academic disciplines. His published books are \u003ci\u003eMarx in Motion: A New Materialist Marxism\u003c\/i\u003e (Oxford University Press, 2020), \u003ci\u003eLucretius II: An Ethics of Motion\u003c\/i\u003e (Edinburgh University Press, 2020), \u003ci\u003eTheory of the Image\u003c\/i\u003e (Oxford University Press, 2019), \u003ci\u003eBeing and Motion\u003c\/i\u003e (Oxford University Press, 2018), \u003ci\u003eLucretius I: An Ontology of Motion\u003c\/i\u003e (Edinburgh University Press, 2018), \u003ci\u003eTheory of the Border\u003c\/i\u003e (Oxford University Press, 2016), \u003ci\u003eThe Figure of the Migrant\u003c\/i\u003e (Stanford University Press, 2015) and \u003ci\u003eReturning to Revolution: Deleuze, Guattari, and Zapatismo\u003c\/i\u003e (Edinburgh University Press, 2012). He also writes for \u003ci\u003eAeon: Ideas and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eQuartz\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePacific Standard: The Science of Society\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHistory News Network\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMonthly Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50466403451154,"sku":"9781474434676","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3d6a75d7-b5e8-4ae8-874a-e45086555a13.jpg?v=1730120579","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lucretius-i-an-ontology-of-motion-9781474434676","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}