{"product_id":"the-matter-of-language-abstraction-and-poetry-9781803090740","title":"The Matter of Language: Abstraction and Poetry","description":"\u003cb\u003eA critical intervention on the relationship between language and matter.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e If the twentieth century was the century in which language was at the center of thought, the twenty-first century has, so far, been the century of matter. \u003ci\u003eThe Matter of Language\u003c\/i\u003e is a critical intervention that aims to return to the relationship between language and matter to think of our present moment as one dominated by abstractions that rule our lives. In a series of dated chapters, that form punctual moments of intervention, this book both rehabilitates key thinkers, like Marx, Freud, and Saussure, and engages with poetic thinking on matter in David Jones, Diane di Prima, William Blake, Leslie Kaplan, and others. It is a matter of understanding language as a site of struggle, which is intimately bound to the material but also crucial in formulating and expressing the material and the abstractions that shape language and matter. Working between theory and poetry, \u003ci\u003eThe Matter of Language\u003c\/i\u003e reconceives notions of alienation and class struggle as essential modes of reading and analysis for our fractured present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBenjamin Noys\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of critical theory at the University of Chichester. His books include \u003ci\u003eGeorges Bataille\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Culture of Death\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Persistence of the Negative \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Malign Velocities\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Seagull Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50486294348050,"sku":"9781803090740","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_abc5d109-47be-4f65-8d8f-960bbe4cedcd.jpg?v=1730423382","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-matter-of-language-abstraction-and-poetry-9781803090740","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}