The World Is Gone: Philosophy in Light of the Pandemic (Forerunners: Ideas First)

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Exploring the existential implications of the Covid-19 crisis through meditations Part personal memoir, part philosophical reflection and written in the midst of the pandemic in 2021, The World Is Gone employs the Robinson Crusoe fable to launch an existential investigation of the effects of extreme isolation, profound boredom, nightly insomnia, and the fear of madness associated with the loss of a world populated by others. Forerunners: Ideas First is a thought-in-process series of breakthrough digital publications. Written between fresh ideas and finished books, Forerunners draws on scholarly work initiated in notable blogs, social media, conference plenaries, journal articles, and the synergy of academic exchange. This is gray literature publishing: where intense thinking, change, and speculation take place in scholarship. Cover Half Title Page Series List Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Preface: To My Fellow Castaways First Day: The Darkening of the World (Heidegger) Second Day: Existence without Existents (Levinas) Third Day: The Two Ecstasies of Extreme Solitude (Heidegger and Levinas) Fourth Day: A World without Others (Tournier) Fifth Day: The Schizoid and the Depressive (Deleuze) Sixth Day: The Worst-Case Scenario Lullaby (Bonaparte) Seventh Day: Robinson? C’est Moi! The Complete Desert Island Library About the Author