Experience New Foundations for the Human Sciences

'In this book, Scott Lash analyses the diverse meanings of a concept key to the social sciences and provides a hermeneutic lens through which the languages of sociology, anthropology, technology and art illuminate one another. A broadening of perspective, engaging with Chinese cosmology at the end of the book, distinguishes Experience as a truly global account of our age.'
Roberto Esposito, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
 
'In his remarkable book, Scott Lash weaves his way through eras and cultures to construct a possible theory - transcultural and transhistorical - of what most defies theory. The "empirical" option he gradually develops can indeed, after James and Arendt, erect experience as philosophy's decisive issue.'
François Jullien, Fondation maison des sciences de l'homme, Paris
 
"This is a book of amazing scholarly scope. It stands out as an extremely serious study that does not pander to fads and fashions nor seek approval from readers. Here is a major statement that will surprise many who think they are familiar with Lash's thought."
Philip Smith, Yale University