{"product_id":"the-medium-of-contingency-9780993045899","title":"The Medium of Contingency","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn unprecedented meeting of philosophical thought, financial markets, and the art world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy has the concept of contingency taken on a marked importance both in contemporary philosophy and in contemporary art practice? And if this simultaneity derives from parallel problems met within the two different fields, what are their common roots?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond acknowledging the contingent nature of tradition, institutions, and practices, recent speculative philosophies of \"absolute contingency\" demand a radical revision of the ways in which we conceive of our interaction with unknowable materialities, and pose a challenge to both probabilistic management and process-driven affirmation of contingency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an unprecedented meeting of philosophical thought, financial markets, and the art world, \u003ci\u003eThe Medium of Contingency\u003c\/i\u003e explores how works of art write contingency into the present, and are in turn written by the contingency of their materials, and how these exchanges interact with other markets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the mathematical instruments used to value financial derivatives to the nature of literary creation, from the market-making role of the curator to the \"chemistry of openness,\" the contributors to this lively discussion draw out the startling consequences of a new figure of thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Urbanomic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780993045899\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.80w x 0.30d","brand":"Robin MacKay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52679488864437,"sku":"9780993045899","price":11.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-medium-of-contingency-9780993045899","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}