Collapse, Volume 5: The Copernican Imperative

Collapse #5

by Damian Veal (Editor)

Addresses the “deanthropomorphization” of reality initiated by the Copernican Revolution and the enduring chasm between the spontaneous image of reality bequeathed to us by evolution and that revealed by the sciences in the wake of Copernicus.

Genres: Philosophy

582 pages, Paperback

First published December 15, 2012

Reviews

[Stevensanders · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you have two brain cells to rub together and like to think about how the world works, and why we think the world works the way it does, you'll read this journal series.

It tends to be pretty dense. It's best read if you are well schooled, but your average person can get through it with a dictionary and some time spent chewing over the concepts and learning some foundational material to figure out what is being discussed.

[vr reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

A tonic for the exhausted and punished mind.

this was exactly where Collapse needed to go after speculative realism / concept horror. brings our attention back to the very notion of a center and the lenses we struggle to be free from while managing to be conversant with the previous issues.

The Catren piece should be required reading for anyone who liked vol 2. Oh and there's a banger Kant piece in here too.

[Loki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitely stimulating, though I often found myself puzzled at the conclusions drawn. In some essays, I agree with the prelude but the conclusion seems like a complete 180 from the arguments made. Somewhat grasping for anthropocentrism, which is not what I hoped for from this volume. Regardless, it's all worth thinking about.

[Peter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Certainly one of the most stimulating works of any sort that I've ever read. It's like a blowtorch cutting through the chains of mysticism, obscurantism, and superstition. A truly liberating experience.