Steven Connor is Professor of English and Director of Research of the Digital Futures Institute, King's College London. He is the author of more than twenty books including The Madness of Knowledge (2019) and Dreamwork (2023), both published by Reaktion Books.
This brilliant and patient account of the life and writings of the pre-eminent mid-twentieth-century French philosopher illuminates themes of scientific reason and imaginative poetics that dominated Gaston Bachelard’s wide-ranging concerns. Steven Connor’s book offers an astute guide through the puzzles and seductions of a stylistic master whose work remains crucial to contemporary thought. * Simon Schaffer, Emeritus Fellow, Darwin College, Cambridge *