What happens when something happens? Is it the phenomenon of reality on us that changes, or reality itself? What happens when something unexpected and surprising disrupts the normal course of affairs, something that seems to have arisen out of nowhere and without discernible causes? In our current world, which is constantly changing, how can we know whether something new has really happened or not? Can philosophy help us understand what an event is, and how it is possible? And finally, can an event become a phenomenon? As if it did not happen at all?
Note: The translator is grateful to Siavash Muslimi and Kian Eliasi Bakhtiari who read this text and helped improve it with their criticisms and comments.
Note: This book was previously published with the translation of Mohsen Maleki and Behzad Sadeghian, and printed by Ban Publishing in 2021, and also with the translation of Amirreza Gulabi printed by Ney Publishing in 2022.
Note: Cover Photo by Bahman Jalali, 1979, Enghelab (Revolution) Street, Tehran, Iran.