{"product_id":"9781350549395","title":"Secret Philosophies A Book of Lost Worlds","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSecret Philosophies\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Book of Lost Worlds\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJason Bahbak Mohaghegh\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA compendium of secret societies and their lost ideas, \u003ci\u003eSecret Philosophies \u003c\/i\u003eis a strikingly original passage through the hidden dimensions of thought.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The book traverses buried archives and forgotten movements that have been lost to time, exploring their philosophies of rumour and conspiracy through a revolving collection of ancient, medieval, and futuristic sects in both the East and West. Taking a new approach to the production of knowledge, Jason Mohaghegh unfolds a labyrinth of texts from vanished libraries, underground circles, and the authors of enigmatic codes and ciphers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach chapter features its own object of fascination, a looking glass into the rarest traditions of secrecy in both writing and imagination: from the oldest Babylonian tablet of apocalyptic warnings to a medieval prophet's last words in a cave of delirium; from books of sleep to books of plague; from exiled tongues to forbidden alphabets; from intelligence agencies to occult networks, obscure astronomical schools, science fiction symbols, burned cities, and virtual reality subcultures. Together, these encounters with subterranean worlds form their own mysterious history, and with it a philosophy of secrecy like no other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlongside Jason Mohaghegh's writings are a sequence of encounters with the Palestinian artist and writer Dana Dawud, who curatorially opens each instalment like a subterranean gallery full of codes, prompts, and questions, and the renowned Iranian visual artist Raha Raissnia has also offered original calligraphic drawings that stand like portals before each chapter of the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJason Bahbak Mohaghegh \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Babson College, USA. He is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Chaotic Imagination: New Literature and Philosophy of the Middle East \u003c\/i\u003e(2010), \u003ci\u003eInflictions: The Writing of Violence in the Middle East \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury 2012), \u003ci\u003eThe Radical Unspoken: Silence in Middle Eastern and Western Thought \u003c\/i\u003e(2013), \u003ci\u003eInsurgent, Poet, Mystic, Sectarian: The Four Masks of an Eastern Postmodernism\u003c\/i\u003e (2015); \u003ci\u003eBorn Upon the Dark Spear: Selected Poems of Ahmad Shamlu \u003c\/i\u003e(translation; 2016); \u003ci\u003eElemental Disappearances \u003c\/i\u003e(co-authored with Dejan Lukic; 2016); \u003ci\u003eManifestos of World Thought\u003c\/i\u003e (co-edited with Lucian Stone, Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield, 2017); \u003ci\u003eOmnicide: Mania, Fatality, and the Future-In-Delirium\u003c\/i\u003e (2019); Night: A Philosophy of the After Dark (Zero Books, 2020); \u003ci\u003eNight II: A Philosophy of the Last World\u003c\/i\u003e (2022), and; \u003ci\u003eOmnicide II: Mania, Doom, and the Future-In-Deception\u003c\/i\u003e (2023). He is also the co-editor of two book series at Bloomsbury Press--\u003ci\u003eFuture Theory\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSuspensions\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e21 January 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350549395\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e320\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51515351924876,"sku":"9781350549395","price":26.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_4ce1108f-92c5-40cf-afa6-3157c232188c.jpg?v=1784692530","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350549395","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}