A Politics of Melancholia: From Plato to Arendt - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691251301ISBN-10:691251304UPC:9780691251301Book Category:Literary Criticism, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Movements, PoliticalBook Topic:Critical TheorySize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.68 inchesWeight:1.0406Product ID:SCPHMDZ1XP
A Politics of Melancholia: From Plato to Arendt
Why melancholia is a vital form of social critique and a catalyst for political renewal
Melancholia is wrongly condemned as a condition of withdrawal and despair that alienates its sufferer from community. Countering that misconception, A Politics of Melancholia reclaims an understanding of melancholia not as an affliction in need of a remedy but as an affirmative stance toward decay and...Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691251301ISBN-10:691251304UPC:9780691251301Book Category:Literary Criticism, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Movements, PoliticalBook Topic:Critical TheorySize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.68 inchesWeight:1.0406Product ID:SCPHMDZ1XP
George Edmondson is associate professor of English at Dartmouth College. He is the author of The Neighboring Text. Klaus Mladek is associate professor of German studies and comparative literature at Dartmouth. He is the editor of Police Forces and the coeditor (with George Edmondson) of Sovereignty in Ruins.
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