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Irrevocable Irrevocable A Philosophy of Mortality ALPHONSO LINGIS The University of Chicago Press Chicago and London The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637 The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London © 2018 by The University of Chicago All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations in critical articles and reviews. For more information, contact the University of Chicago Press, 1427 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637. Published 2018 Printed in the United States of America 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 1 2 3 4 5 ISBN- 13: 978- 0- 226- 55676- 5 (cloth) ISBN- 13: 978- 0- 226- 55693- 2 (paper) ISBN- 13: 978- 0- 226- 55709- 0 (e- book) DOI: https:// doi .org /10 .7208 /chicago /9780226557090 .001 .0001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Lingis, Alphonso, 1933– author. Title: Irrevocable : a philosophy of mortality / Alphonso Lingis. Description: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018004724 | ISBN 9780226556765 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780226556932 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780226557090 (e-book) Subjects: LCSH: Existential phenomenology. | Philosophy, Modern. Classification: LCC B818.5 .L56 2018 | DDC 128—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018004724 ♾ This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48- 1992 (Permanence of Paper). CONTENTS PART I : OUTSIDE Outside / 3 The Weight of Reality / 7 Doubles / 17 Shadows / 23 PART II : CHANCE Cause, Choice, Chance / 29 PART III : PASSIONS The Altiplano / 45 Return of the First Person Singular / 53 Aconcagua / 63 Seduction / 75 Truthfulness / 81 PART IV : BELIEF The Stone Axe / 85 Angels with Guns / 89 vi / Contents Belief / 97 Performance / 109 Voyage / 117 PART V : JUSTICE The Future of Torture / 123 Justice / 131 The System / 137 Truth in Reconciliation / 139 PART VI : IRREVOCABLE The Babies in Trees / 155 Mortality / 161 Dignity / 171 Irrevocable Loss / 175 PART VII : GRATITUDE Gratitude / 191 Appendix: Philosophy’s Tasks / 195 Notes / 215 About the Photographs / 227 Acknowledgments / 230 PART I Outside How could you count the warbles in the grey, colours in the fires, thuds in the bush, keep record of the morse of cicadas, seeds, sap, stems? — Tim Winton, An Open Swimmer
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