| Angels in Mourning: Sublime Madness, Ennui and Melancholy in Modern Thought Contributor(s): Bartra, Roger (Author), Caistor, Nicholas (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1780239726 ISBN-13: 9781780239729 Publisher: Reaktion Books OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy - Psychology | Emotions |
| Dewey: 152.4 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.6" (0.83 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sublime madness, ennui, and melancholy: a condition of imbalance, chaotic and desolate--and a keystone of modern Western thought. Why did this threatening expression of languor and disorder gain such traction at the heart of a European culture supposedly guided by the light of rationalism? In Angels in Mourning, Roger Bartra investigates how three seemingly lucid European thinkers--Immanuel Kant, Max Weber, and Walter Benjamin--addressed the irrational and the dolorous in their work. Drawing attention to marginal and under-explored aspects of their thought, Bartra illuminates the disparate ways in which these foundational philosophers gazed into the darkness. His surprising and insightful study suggests one explanation for how melancholy found such a prominent space in Western society: the blossoming of Romanticism, that deep-seated protest against the Enlightenment and the capitalist order. |
Contributor Bio(s): Caistor, Nicholas: - Nick Caistor is a translator, journalist, and the author of Fidel Castro and Octavio Paz, both also published by Reaktion Books. |