Grand Hotel Abyss: Desire, Recognition, and the Restoration of the Subject
Leuven University Press | English | 2016 | ISBN-10: 9462700621 | 322 pages | PDF | 1.47 mb
by Vladimir Safatle (Author)

In a certain sense, it is the intention of the present book to provide a longform
answer to the above questions, posed by Wittgenstein, by showing how,
when it comes to human beings, an openly indistinct image is preferable to
a falsely sharp one. Accurately recognizing the moments where indistinct
pictures become necessary, however, might be the greatest challenge yet posed
for philosophical reflection. For indistinct pictures are elusive: in them, the
contours of a familiar image may be discerned, yet must not be completely
determined. Such an image is pervaded by something that incessantly corrodes
it from within, and yet stops short of destroying it.

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