{"product_id":"ousia-amir-noferesti-9798250032094","title":"Ousia: An ontological Must","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOusia: An Ontological Must\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover the hidden density of the real that modernity has flattened, and reclaim the weight, radiance, and grounding power of the ordinary.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a world of informational excess and spiritual thinness, where reality feels increasingly weightless despite our digital saturation, \u003cb\u003eOusia: An Ontological Must\u003c\/b\u003e issues a defiant philosophical intervention. Drawing from a vast synthesis of classical metaphysics, phenomenology, and cybernetic systems theory, author and systemic semiotician Amir Noferesti diagnoses our modern malaise as \"ontological poverty.\" He reveals that the void we feel is not a feature of reality, but a \"curable blindness\" born of a historical forgetfulness of Being.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy this book matters now: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eModernity has exiled the sacred to the fringes of the extraordinary, leaving us adrift in a \"sterile neutrality\" of disposable objects and empty gestures. We have privileged the \u003ci\u003ehow\u003c\/i\u003e of information over the \u003ci\u003ewhat\u003c\/i\u003e of substance, resulting in a civilization that is hyper-connected yet ontologically homeless. Noferesti charts a revolutionary path back to the \"density of the real,\" demonstrating that the cure for our nihilism is not an escape into the abstract, but a radical \"disciplined astonishment\" toward the silent, load-bearing structures of our daily lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat you'll encounter: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Metaphysics of Saturated Immanence: \u003c\/b\u003e How the mundane, the weight of a hammer, the rhythm of a commute, the geometry of a street, is already a densely textured field of ontological revelation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Architecture of the Ordinary: \u003c\/b\u003e A systemic mapping of the \"harbors\" of existence, where Aristotle's \u003ci\u003ehexis\u003c\/i\u003e and Aquinas's \u003ci\u003econsuetudo\u003c\/i\u003e meet the digital interfaces of late modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCybernetic Stability and Light: \u003c\/b\u003e How Suhrawardī's graded light and Mulla Ṣadrā's substantial motion intersect with feedback loops and ultrastability to maintain the continuity of our shared world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhenomenology of Dwelling: \u003c\/b\u003e A recovery of the \u003ci\u003eLebenswelt\u003c\/i\u003e (Life-world) and embodied perception, transforming the home and the workplace into sites of concealed theophany.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRegenerative Social Ontology: \u003c\/b\u003e An ethical summons to move beyond the digital spectacle and rebuild a world grounded in the \"Symbolic Order\" and the I-Thou relation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for readers of: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartin Heidegger (\u003ci\u003eBeing and Time\u003c\/i\u003e), Maurice Merleau-Ponty (\u003ci\u003ePhenomenology of Perception\u003c\/i\u003e), Charles Taylor (\u003ci\u003eA Secular Age\u003c\/i\u003e), Gregory Bateson (\u003ci\u003eSteps to an Ecology of Mind\u003c\/i\u003e), Pierre Bourdieu, and Jean-Luc Marion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you've ever felt: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe eerie weightlessness of a life mediated by screens...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eA suspicion that the simple choreography of a shared meal holds a secret, grounding power...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe exhaustion of a world that prizes the \"spectacle\" over the durable...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is your summons.\u003c\/b\u003e Noferesti does not offer abstract consolations. He invites you to stand in the \"quiet hum of existence,\" embracing the gravity, the habit, and the ritual that make Being livable. Discover the \"Architecture of the Ordinary\" and learn to dwell once more in a reality where the sacred pulses through the most familiar textures of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A rigorous recovery of the substance we forgot: a roadmap for those daring to find the ultimate in the ordinary.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amir Noferesti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798250032094\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d","brand":"Amir Noferesti","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084136227071,"sku":"9798250032094","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ousia-amir-noferesti-9798250032094","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}