Uncanny Soulscapes in Uncustomary Dreamscope: Collected Philosophical Fragments (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781999114688)

Humour and cruelty - two themes that have been central to Baruchello's philosophical work for decades - combine here in sixty short works of experimental philosophy.

Oh, but what a boring way to write a back-cover for a book like this! Sure it's factually correct, but it's also terribly dull. For this is not a work of prim and proper propositional prose. It's a work of avant-garde theatre; a work of intellectual play. And hence, perhaps, not a work at all. Baruchello crosses style with substance and substance with style, offering not only ideas to contemplate but also worlds to explore. And his worlds are a magic circus: surreal, satirical, sarcastic, strange, marvellous, bizzarevellous, and odd, and sometimes even scary or sad. The idea is not only to explain how humour and cruelty can go together or even fight each other, but also to show it.

Italian-Icelandic Professor Giorgio Baruchello, PhD., pairs well with a 1972 Valpolicella Ripasso, and with Phil Collins' all-drummer performance of Bach's Toccata and Fugue. His as-yet-unthought works include How To Philosophize With A Puppet, and A Discourse On The Last Ten Digits Of Pi. Reading his books out loud has caused some listeners to enter a mystical trance and levitate.

Author: Giorgio Baruchello
ISBN-10: 199911468X
ISBN-13: 9781999114688
Publisher: Northwest Passage Books
Language: English
Published: 10/25/2025
Pages: 504
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.47lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.01d