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The Ecstatic Pessimist
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Author : Carla Gericke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-06-17
The Ecstatic Pessimist written by Carla Gericke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-17 with categories.
The Ecstatic Pessimist reflects the remarkable journey of Carla Gericke: her childhood in apartheid-era South Africa, her stint as a Silicon Valley lawyer, her travails in New York City as she changes careers, and leading a libertarian movement in New Hampshire. In this collection of award-winning short stories, opinion pieces, and speeches, the combination of Carla's passion and unique voice makes for an experience you won't want to miss. Unusual and unforgettable, intense and intelligent, funny and poignant, The Ecstatic Pessimist is a brilliant, triumphant debut. Learn more: CarlaGericke.com.
Ecstatic Pessimist
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Author : Peter Dale Scott
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2023-02-28
Ecstatic Pessimist written by Peter Dale Scott and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-28 with History categories.
Ecstatic Pessimist is a timely book about the Central and Eastern European experience of the mid 20th century, as told through the poetry and experiences of Czeslaw Milosz, Nobel Laureate for literature, who wrote on the horrors of war and the human experience. Written by a colleague and friend of the poet, it is part literary criticism and part memoir. This biography/memoir of Czesław Miłosz is a first hand account of the poet’s life and his relationship to the author, beginning in the 1960s. Milosz was a Polish-American poet, prose writer, translator, and diplomat. Regarded as one of the great poets of the 20th century, he won the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature. In its citation, the Swedish Academy called Miłosz a writer who "voices man's exposed condition in a world of severe conflicts". Ecstatic Pessimist expands on Czeslaw Milosz’s commitment to “unpolitical politics” – working for a revolution in culture, and above all poetry, as a necessary preparation for a revolution in politics. This is a familiar notion in Poland, which for two centuries was politically divided, but poets preserved and enhanced a lively Polish consciousness, And, as the book shows, Milosz took steps over two decades to help reunite Poles in the successful Solidarity movement, whose struggle eventually changed the regime and forced the Soviet armies to withdraw. But the book is designed to encouraged a similar development in America. Milosz’s ambition for poetry may at first sound exotic, but as the book says, it is in the spirit of what John Adams wrote late in life to Thomas Jefferson: “The [American] revolution was in the mind of the people, and in the union of the colonies, both of which were accomplished before the hostilities commenced.” Though the book is also designed for those who already know and love Milosz, it is primarily written for those looking for someone whose genius could similarly inspire Americans of both left and right to unite in restoring the badly broken politics of this country. The book argues that Czeslaw Milosz is that genius, as perhaps the only person who has been praised by intellectual leaders like Chris Hedges on the left, and has also spoken at Hillsdale College, the intellectual citadel of the American right.
Breathing Under Water And Other East European Essays
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Author : Stanisław Barańczak
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1990
Breathing Under Water And Other East European Essays written by Stanisław Barańczak and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Education categories.
In essays on issues from censorship to underground poetry, Baranczak explores the role that culture--and particularly literature--has played in keeping the spirit of intellectual independence alive in Eastern and Central Europe.
Pessimism A History And A Criticism
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Author : James Sully
language : en
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Release Date : 2013-09
Pessimism A History And A Criticism written by James Sully and has been published by Theclassics.Us this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIV. THE SOURCES OF PESSIMISM. Having now completed our journey of investigation in the somewhat inclement regions of pessimism, let us review our wanderings so as to see what results have been reached. First of all, then, scientific and speculative pessimism has been found to be an unverified and in many respects distinctly incorrect doctrine. The attempt to prove that human life always is and must be an excess of misery shows itself, when looked at in a calm and critical light, to be a complete failure. On the contrary, an impartial view of the facts of life and the teachings of science properly so called has led us to believe that happiness, interpreted in a rational sense, is and has been attained by some indeterminable proportion of mankind. Even if, however, --which is far from probable--it could be made out that this number has been an inconsiderable one in the past, it is certain that human progress tends, however slow the process may be, very largely to heighten the quality of individual happiness and to increase the proportion of those to whom it is a possibility. And even if the existing order of things and human life itself are limited in duration, the conclusion is, for all practical purposes, too remote to modify the value of progress. As far as we can see, the world will move through its 'ringing grooves of change' long enough for mankind to raise their condition indefinitely, and to secure for themselves, and even in a lesser degree for the lower animals who are dependent on their protection, a mode of life which, though far from being a state of ecstatic bliss, will be held by sober-minded persons to have a real and even a high value. Now this conclusion appears to me to provide an adequate basis for...
The Poet S Work
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Author : Leonard Nathan
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1991
The Poet S Work written by Leonard Nathan and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Education categories.
Born eighty years ago in Lithuania, Czeslaw Milosz has been acclaimed "one of the greatest poets of our time, perhaps the greatest" (Joseph Brodsky). This self-described "connoisseur of heavens and abysses" has produced a corpus of poems, essays, memoirs, and fiction of such depth and range that the reader's imagination is moved far beyond ordinary limits of consciousness. In The Poet's Work Leonard Nathan and Arthur Quinn follow Milosz's wanderings in exile from Poland to Paris to Berkeley as they chart the singular development of his art. Relating his life and his works to the unfolding of his thought, they have crafted a lucid reading of Milosz that far surpasses anything yet written on this often enigmatic poet. The Poet's Work is not only a solid introduction to Milosz; it is also a unique record of the poet's own interpretations of his work. As colleagues of Milosz at Berkeley, Nathan and Quinn had long, detailed discussions with the poet. It is this spirit of collaboration that brings a sense of immediacy and authority to their seamless study. Nathan and Quinn reveal as never before why Milosz is a true visionary, a poet of ideas in history. And they show how the influence of Blake, Simone Weil, Dostoevsky, Lev Shestov, and Swedenborg, together with Henry Miller, Allen Ginsberg, and Robinson Jeffers, has enriched his vision. Milosz's lifelong experience of totalitarian regimes that exalt science and technology over individual needs and aspirations, his acute sense of alienation as an migr , and his humanistic zeal and belief in the primacy of living have brought a prismatic quality to his poetry. At seventy, Milosz spoke of himself as an "ecstatic pessimist." In their sensitive mapping of his art, Nathan and Quinn skillfully demonstrate that Milosz's global influence has been achieved by the ever-shifting balance he strikes between ecstasy and pessimism. Irony and humor are never far from this book, which not only communicates Milosz's polyphonic message but also evokes his uniquely humane sensibility. The Poet's Work is an illuminating introduction to Milosz that will inform and engage scholars and general readers for years to come.
The Optimist S Pessimist S Handbook
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Author : Niall Edworthy
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-01-31
The Optimist S Pessimist S Handbook written by Niall Edworthy and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-31 with Humor categories.
Are optimists just reckless dreamers? Are pessimists miserable doom-mongers or just erring on the side of caution? Is the glass half empty or half full? Brilliantly compiled and beautifully written, this is a rich anthology of evidence from both sides of any argument. Covering everything from Beauty to Happiness, Patriotism to Walking, it is the perfect tool for squabbling families, a counterbalance for arguing couples and a mine of detail for the quarrelsome. The Optimist on the Afterlife: My heaven will be filled with wonderful young men and dukes. (Dame Barbara Cartland) And the Pessimist: 'That's what Hell will be like, small chat to the babbling of Lethe about the good old days when we wished we were dead. (Samuel Beckett)
The Ecstatic World Of John Cowper Powys
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Author : Harald William Fawkner
language : en
Publisher: Associated University Presse
Release Date : 1986
The Ecstatic World Of John Cowper Powys written by Harald William Fawkner and has been published by Associated University Presse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Ecstatic Bible
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Author : Howard Barker
language : en
Publisher: Oberon Books
Release Date : 2004-10
The Ecstatic Bible written by Howard Barker and has been published by Oberon Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-10 with Drama categories.
A new play by one of Britain's most important political playwrights.
Infinite Resignation
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Author : Eugene Thacker
language : en
Publisher: Repeater
Release Date : 2018-07-19
Infinite Resignation written by Eugene Thacker and has been published by Repeater this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-19 with Philosophy categories.
The author of the contemporary classic, In the Dust of This Planet, is back with another raw and unsettling look at the human condition. Comprised of aphorisms, fragments, and observations both philosophical and personal, ThackerÍs new book traces the contours of pessimism, caught as it often is between a philosophical position and a bad attitude. Reflecting on the universeÍs ñlooming abyss of indifference,î Thacker explores the pessimism of a range of philosophers, from the well-known (Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Camus), to the lesser-known (E.M. Cioran, Lev Shestov, Miguel de Unamuno). Readers will find food for thought in ThackerÍs handling of a range of themes in Christianity and Buddhism, as well as his engagement with literary figures (from Dostoevsky to Thomas Bernhard, Osamu Dazai, and Fernando Pessoa), whose pessimism about the world both inspires and depresses Thacker. By turns melancholic, misanthropic, and darkly funny, (ñBirth is a metaphysical injury healing takes time the span of one's lifeî), many will find Infinite Resignation a welcome antidote to the exuberant imbecility of our times.
The Pessimist
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Author : Oussama hamana
language : en
Publisher: Oussama hamana
Release Date : 2023-11-12
The Pessimist written by Oussama hamana and has been published by Oussama hamana this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-12 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
"The Pessimist" takes you on a captivating journey through history, unraveling the evolution of dreams from audacious predictions in 1923 to our contemporary reality. Explore the contrasting threads of optimism and pessimism, understanding their profound impact on decisions and shaping the course of history. Join this intellectual odyssey that challenges, inspires, and guides us through the uncertainties of the human experience.