Affinities - Brian Dillon science The Ruined Map questions identity

The Ruined Map questions identity itself

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Affinities - Brian Dillon science The Ruined Map questions identityWhat do we mean when we claim affinity with an object or picture, or say affinities exist between such things? Affinities is a critical and personal study of a sensation that is not exactly taste, desire, or allyship, but has aspects of all. Approaching this subject via discrete examples, this book is first of all about images that have stayed with the author over many years, or grown in significance during months of pandemic isolation, when the