Exodus

A wickedly funny and satisfyingly highbrow black comedy about the collapse of Western academic institutions under the weight of neoliberal economics and crushing, widespread idiocy.Lars and W., the two preposterous philosophical anti-heroes ofSpuriousandDogmacalled ';Uproarious' by theNew York Times Book Reviewreturn and face a political, intellectual, and economic landscape in a state of total ruination.With philosophy professors being moved to badminton departments and gin in short supplyalthough not short enoughthe two hapless intellectuals embark on a relentless mission. Well, several relentless missions. For one, they must help gear a guerilla philosophy movementconducted outside the academy, perhaps under bridgesthat will save the study of philosophy after the long, miserable decades of intellectual desert known as the early 21st-century.For another, they must save themselves, perhaps by learning to play badminton after all. Gin isn't free, you know.From the Trade Paperback edition.