Rose, Jacqueline
The Plague
- ISBN 13:
- 9781804270486
- author:
- Rose, Jacqueline
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Fitzcarraldo Editions
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 160
- Dimensions:
- 19.7 x 12.5 centimetres (0.23 kg
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary Collections, Essays,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The Plague: Living Death In Our Times by Jacqueline Rose In recent years, we have witnessed unprecedented global crises that have tested our collective humanity. Amidst the devastating loss and division, some have sensed a glimmer of possibility - the potential for radical empathy born from shared experience. This book unravels recent history through the lives and works of three extraordinary thinkers: Albert Camus, Sigmund Freud, and Simone Weil. Their politics and private griefs offer a unique window into our present crises, spanning World War II to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, domestic violence to anti-racist protest, and the Spanish influenza to Omicron. Jacqueline Rose, a leading thinker on politics and psychoanalysis, weaves together these threads to enact a psychic reckoning for our moment and for the future. Through this insightful exploration, Rose sheds light on the complexities of our time, revealing the depth of human understanding that can help us forge a better path forward.
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