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The Life Intense: A Modern Obsession

By Tristan Garcia, Abigail RayAlexander (Translator), Christopher RayAlexander (Translator), Jon Cogburn (Translator)
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By Tristan Garcia, Abigail RayAlexander (Translator), Christopher RayAlexander (Translator), Jon Cogburn (Translator)
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Our lives today are oppressed by the demand that we live, feel and experience with ever greater intensity. We are enticed to try exotic flavors and smells; urged to enjoy a wide range of sexual experiences; pushed to engage in extreme sports and recreational drugs—all in the pursuit of some new, unheard-of intensity.

Tristan Garcia argues that such intensity rarely lives up to its promise. It always comes at a price: one that defines the ethical predicament of contemporary life.

The notion of...

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