<p>"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."<br />—<b>Philip Smith, Yale University</b></p> <p>"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 <i>Experience</i> as a truly global account of our age."<br />—<b>Roberto Esposito, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa</b></p> <p>"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."<br />—<b>François Jullien, Fondation maison des sciences de l’homme, Paris</b></p>