Unpositioned Something is wrong

The black mirror : fragments of an obituary for life / Raymond Tallis

This philosophical study adopts the perspective of mortality to examine the human condition. It reflects on sensory experience, social relationships, and the physical world to analyse how the awareness of death shapes the perception of life.

Author

ISBN

Publisher

TAGS

Curated Derived

Family and Society Philosophy Religion

CONNECTIONS

No connections

LOCATION HISTORY

No location history available for this book.

FULL RECORD

Accession Number: 11484

Site: Vernon O Content

Collection: N/A

Location: N/A

Binding Type: Hard Back

Book Images

Hover to see live images

No live

The black mirror : fragments of an obituary for life / Raymond Tallis cover

No live

VERNON DATA

Conduct of life/Ethics/Philosophy Death/Life Future life [Afterlife]/Eschatology/Religious thought/Religion Life Quality of life/Life

{
  "slug": "the-black-mirror-fragments-of-an-obituary-for-life-raymond-tallis",
  "opacObjectId": "15692",
  "opacCollection": {
    "opacCollectionId": "1"
  },
  "imagesCollection": {
    "images": [
      {
        "imageId": "18672",
        "cssColors": [
          {
            "hex": "708090",
            "hue": 210,
            "rank": 1,
            "presence": 93.16,
            "colorName": "slategray",
            "lightness": 50,
            "colorGroup": "gray",
            "saturation": 13,
            "formattedColorName": "slate gray"
          },
          {
            "hex": "b0c4de",
            "hue": 214,
            "rank": 2,
            "presence": 4.06,
            "colorName": "lightsteelblue",
            "lightness": 78,
            "colorGroup": "blue",
            "saturation": 41,
            "formattedColorName": "light steel blue"
          }
        ],
        "rawColors": [
          {
            "hex": "6b7d8b",
            "hue": 206,
            "rank": 1,
            "presence": 93.16,
            "lightness": 48,
            "saturation": 13
          },
          {
            "hex": "ecf2f5",
            "hue": 200,
            "rank": 2,
            "presence": 4.06,
            "lightness": 94,
            "saturation": 31
          },
          {
            "hex": "2d3a43",
            "hue": 204,
            "rank": 3,
            "presence": 1.19,
            "lightness": 21,
            "saturation": 19
          },
          {
            "hex": "354443",
            "hue": 176,
            "rank": 4,
            "presence": 1.36,
            "lightness": 23,
            "saturation": 12
          },
          {
            "hex": "b3c4cd",
            "hue": 200,
            "rank": 5,
            "presence": 0.15,
            "lightness": 75,
            "saturation": 20
          },
          {
            "hex": "adbbcc",
            "hue": 212,
            "rank": 6,
            "presence": 0.06,
            "lightness": 73,
            "saturation": 23
          },
          {
            "hex": "2c4450",
            "hue": 200,
            "rank": 7,
            "presence": 0.03,
            "lightness": 24,
            "saturation": 29
          }
        ],
        "imageLabels": [
          {
            "count": 599,
            "score": 84.23,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Grey",
            "imageLabelId": 121
          },
          {
            "count": 10019,
            "score": 83.98,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Rectangle",
            "imageLabelId": 11
          },
          {
            "count": 19233,
            "score": 83.09,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Font",
            "imageLabelId": 12
          },
          {
            "count": 719,
            "score": 81.77,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Line",
            "imageLabelId": 199
          },
          {
            "count": 16657,
            "score": 74.94,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Publication",
            "imageLabelId": 23
          },
          {
            "count": 104,
            "score": 71.96,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Gadget",
            "imageLabelId": 156
          },
          {
            "count": 10233,
            "score": 69.64,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Poster",
            "imageLabelId": 21
          },
          {
            "count": 2009,
            "score": 67.16,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Brand",
            "imageLabelId": 15
          },
          {
            "count": 3985,
            "score": 65.57,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Electric blue",
            "imageLabelId": 49
          },
          {
            "count": 1627,
            "score": 63.46,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Logo",
            "imageLabelId": 19
          }
        ],
        "imageDerivatives": [
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/large/4388/187ef47f8dad2a32bce7264c45bd8e6b5ad8970c.jpg",
            "width": "531",
            "height": "800",
            "identifier": "LARGE"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/medium/4388/187ef47f8dad2a32bce7264c45bd8e6b5ad8970c.jpg",
            "width": "265",
            "height": "400",
            "identifier": "MEDIUM"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/nano/4388/187ef47f8dad2a32bce7264c45bd8e6b5ad8970c.jpg",
            "width": "23",
            "height": "35",
            "identifier": "NANO"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/small/4388/187ef47f8dad2a32bce7264c45bd8e6b5ad8970c.jpg",
            "width": "99",
            "height": "150",
            "identifier": "SMALL"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/tiny/4388/187ef47f8dad2a32bce7264c45bd8e6b5ad8970c.jpg",
            "width": "50",
            "height": "75",
            "identifier": "TINY"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/xlarge/4388/187ef47f8dad2a32bce7264c45bd8e6b5ad8970c.jpg",
            "width": "796",
            "height": "1200",
            "identifier": "XLARGE"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "totalImages": 1
  },
  "objectSearchScore": 0.32595828,
  "opacObjectFieldSets": [
    {
      "identifier": "accession_no",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "11484"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "name",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "The black mirror : fragments of an obituary for life / Raymond Tallis",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "title",
              "value": "The black mirror : fragments of an obituary for life / Raymond Tallis"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "other_name",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "artist_last_first",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Tallis, Raymond"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "prod_pri_date",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "2015",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "earliest_date",
              "value": "2015-01-01Z"
            },
            {
              "key": "latest_date",
              "value": "2015-12-31Z"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "prod_pri_date_notes",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "edition",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "brief_desc",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "The Black Mirror takes death as an external viewpoint from which we may see our lives more clearly. -- blurb"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "measure_desc",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "credit_line",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "curr_loc_status",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Stored",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "curr_loc_status:\"Stored\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Storage",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "curr_loc_status:\"Storage\""
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "ob_status",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Accessioned"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "lender",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "copyright_owner",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "copyright_type",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "copyright_start",
      "opacObjectFields": []
    },
    {
      "identifier": "copyright_expiry",
      "opacObjectFields": []
    },
    {
      "identifier": "copyright_notes",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "object_type",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "object_type:\"Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication\""
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "collection",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Main Collection/Library",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "collection:\"Main Collection/Library\""
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "prod_pri_place",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "London/England"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "physical_notes",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "344 pages ; 25 cm."
        },
        {
          "value": "Includes bibliographical references."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "language",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "English"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "isbn_issn",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "9781848871281"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "user_sym_1",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "306.9 TAL"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "usual_loc_being",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Open Shelving/Library/Roundhouse Complex"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_class",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Conduct of life/Ethics/Philosophy",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Conduct of life/Ethics/Philosophy\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Death/Life",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Death/Life\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Future life [Afterlife]/Eschatology/Religious thought/Religion",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Future life [Afterlife]/Eschatology/Religious thought/Religion\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Life",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Life\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Quality of life/Life",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Quality of life/Life\""
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_date",
      "opacObjectFields": []
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_event",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_period",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_object",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_person",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_place",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "assoc_person",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "assoc_place",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "assoc_event",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "assoc_object",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "user_sym_9",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "1: shelf copy"
        },
        {
          "value": "2: duplicate"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "relationshipsCollection": {
    "relationships": [
      {
        "relatedRecords": [
          {
            "slug": "raymond-tallis",
            "title": "Raymond Tallis",
            "relatedRecordId": "10693"
          }
        ],
        "relationshipId": "object_prod_pri_person",
        "relatedRecordType": "person",
        "totalRelatedRecords": 1
      }
    ],
    "totalRelationships": 1
  }
}