PD Smith

A Philosophy of Dirt

26 February 2018 | Guardian, Reviewing | Post a comment

I’ve just read A Phi­los­o­phy of Dirt by Olli Lager­spetz. It’s one of those rare books that are worth read­ing pure­ly for the plea­sure of observ­ing a superbly sub­tle mind at work. Lager­spetz pro­vides a mas­ter class in philo­soph­i­cal think­ing, a lucid and rig­or­ous analy­sis of a com­mon­place notion, one that opens up a new and fas­ci­nat­ing view of dirt “based on our phys­i­cal engage­ment with the world”.

You can read my review at the Guardian.

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