E M Cioran: On the Heights of Despair

Cover: 9780226106717 | On the Heights of Despair | E M Cioran | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 1996

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A classic work of philosophical reflection on despair, decay, and the futility of existence that Publishers Weekly said "puts Cioran in the company of Nietzsche and Kierkegaard" Born of a terrible insomnia--"a dizzying lucidity which would turn even paradise into hell"--this book presents the potent, self-lacerating insights of the youthful E. M. Cioran, a self-described "Nietzsche still complete with his Zarathustra, his poses, his mystical clown's tricks, a whole circus of the heights." On the Heights of Despair shows Cioran's first grappling with themes he would return to in his later, mature works: despair and decay, absurdity and alienation, futility and the irrationality of existence. It also presents Cioran as a connoisseur of apocalypse, a theoretician of despair, for whom writing and philosophy both share the "lyrical virtues" that alone lead to a metaphysical revelation.
A book to keep at your bedside, as epigrammatic as it is insightful, On the Heights of Despair offers not consolation, but engaging, thought-provoking companionship.

Über den Autor

E. M. Cioran (1911-1995) was born and educated in Romania and lived in Paris from 1937 until his death. He is the author of numerous works, including On the Heights of Despair, also available from the University of Chicago Press.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	1996
Genre:	Importe , Philosophie
Jahrhundert:	20. & 21. Jahrhundert
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9780226106717
ISBN-10:	0226106713
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Cioran, E M
Übersetzung:	Zarifopol-Johnston, Ilinca
Hersteller:	University of Chicago Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	218 x 139 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	E M Cioran
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.10.1996
Gewicht:	0,207 kg