Philosophy of Traces
The Influence of Maurizio Ferraris
Philosophy of Traces
The Influence of Maurizio Ferraris
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The first book to offer extended critical engagement of the work of the major contemporary Italian philosopher Maurizio Ferraris, showing how his thought is essential to international debates around New Materialism, Speculative Realism and Deconstruction.
In Philosophy of Traces, twenty-two contributions from world-class contemporary philosophers set out the questions and answers that constitute the pillars of Ferraris' work. At its foundation is the concept of the trace, that which arises in the process of the transmission and recording of information which is the basis of natural and social life. The essays explore the significance of the trace across a diverse range of fields including metaphysics, epistemology, aesthetics, philosophy of technology, science and technology studies, architecture, literary theory, and anthropology.
With an introduction by Ferraris himself, this volume will be the key resource for anyone interested in the principal philosopher of New Realism, as well as those concerned with the legacy of post-structuralist philosophy in the Italian context.
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Table of Contents
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Introduction
Part One: Metaphysics
1 Realism and Sublimation: Ferraris on Desire by Graham Harman
2 Why is There Something Rather than Nothing? Recording, Hysteresis, and Emergence by Erica Onnis
Part Two: Memory
3 Memory and Its Traces by Carola Barbero
4 Footprints and Traces: The Perspective of Cognitive Sciences by Alessia Dorigoni and Paolo Legrenzi
Part Three: Life
5 Traces of the Living by Elena Casetta
6 Archiving Humanity: Towards a Novel Thinking of Doc-History. In the Traces of Maurizio Ferraris by Joseph Cohen
Part Four: Friendship
7 Friendship versus Autonomy: Can There Be Too Much of a Good Thing? by Anna Marmodoro
8 Poetics of Friendship – Derrida, Adami, Ferraris by Jolán Orban
Part Five: Documents
9 The Analytic/Continental Divide by Barry Smith
10 Docu-mental Capital by Jocelyn Benoist
Part Six: Art
11 Music as an Art of Trace by Alessandro Arbo
12 Automatic Sweethearts and Other Empathetic Robots. The dark powers of “aesthetic disinterest” by Pietro Montani
Part Seven: Technology
13 Ferraris on Privacy by Vera Tripodi
14 Webfare: How to Solve the Welfare State Crisis through the Conceptualization of Traces by Valeria Martino
15 Ferraris: Instructions for Use. How the Encounter with Documentality Changed My Practice as an Architect and Professor by Giovanni Durbiano
Part Eight: Imagination and Interpretation
16 Imagination and Interpretation: How the Human Mind Builds Reality in the Age of AI by Alessandra Jacomuzzi
17 Trace and Institution. Remarks on Doc-Humanity by Alfredo Ferrarin
Part Nine: Future
18 From Will to Reason: A Critical Overview of Ferraris's Thought by Tiziana Andina
19 Traces of the Future by Giuliano Torrengo
Product details
| Published | Jul 09 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 272 |
| ISBN | 9781350511545 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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