Robert Pirsig's sequel to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, developing his Metaphysics of Quality through a river journey narrative. Introduces the distinction between Dynamic and Static Quality and applies it to anthropology and cultural theory.
Formal elaboration of the Metaphysics of Quality (MOQ); the Dynamic vs. Static Quality distinction; critique of anthropological relativism and the Victorian morality debate.
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