{"product_id":"stapelia-mixta-9781962728010","title":"Stapelia Mixta","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA compilation of 16 rigorous, eccentric essays commissioned by the German founder of psychophysics \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe original 1824 German publication of \u003ci\u003eStapelia Mixta\u003c\/i\u003e united a bevy of eccentric proposals, meditations and displays of consciously excessive learning that strove for an unusual clarity of absurdity, which was the hallmark of the pseudonymous author Dr. Mises. Aiming for a broader reading audience, it was titled after a flower, but one of such a stench as to guarantee originality. And such was the originality of these semiserious flights of excess that came under the cover of Dr. Mises, who wrote on everything from landscaping to the spiritual lives of plants and heavenly bodies while also conducting pioneering research in optics and experimental psychology.\u003cbr\u003eThe 16 essays of this collection include discussions of dancing, drugs, immortality, perception and psychology. These increasingly inventive essays start with a relatively digestible \"Encomium of the Belly\" before developing into a complicated, prepataphysical exploration of Spatial Symbolism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Mises\u003c\/b\u003e was the pen name of the founder of psychophysics, Gustav Theodor Fechner (1801-87), an alter ego he adopted for his more speculative and satirical writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eErik Butler\u003c\/b\u003e is a researcher at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-17205920\"\u003eMises\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wakefield Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781962728010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1962728013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO010000\"\u003eEssays\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wakefield Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48112243441901,"sku":"9781962728010","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_e662dc08-c610-4e2c-ab5f-1f0d696acbcf.jpg?v=1752081704","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/stapelia-mixta-9781962728010","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}