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| Author/Contributor(s): |
Najafi, Sina
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| Publisher: |
Cabinet
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| Date: |
12/31/2014
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| Binding: |
Paperback
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| Condition: |
NEW
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Though most often thought of in prosaic terms--a spilled drink, a fender bender, a slip on an icy street--the accident is a concept with a long and complex philosophical pedigree. From Aristotle to Paul Virilio, the accident--from the Latin, meaning to fall out--is something that comes as a surprise, yet must also be planned for and strategically avoided. And, of course, not all accidents are bad--think of the accidental encounter with a stranger that turns into friendship or love.
Cabinet issue 54, with a special section on The Accident, features Greg Siegel on the concept of the decent interval, the amount of time a structure is expected to function before its accidental collapse or failure; Jeffrey Schnapp on a philosophy of motorcycle racing and accidents; Dorion Sagan on magic tricks and the production of apparently accidental miracles, and Andrea Reti on the slow-moving horror of the Boston Molasses Disaster.
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