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Chargement... The Plaguepar Jacqueline Rose
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In early 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic began to infiltrate public consciousness, sales of The Plague, the classic novel by French philosopher Albert Camus, skyrocketed. At the same time, the virus's toll surged exponentially. Amid the harrowing loss, many sensed a glimmer of possibility--the potential for radical empathy wrought by shared experience--even as the death-dealing divisions of class, race, gender, and citizenship were underscored like never before. We have been through a time of "living death" when, for millions across the globe, untold horror has seemed to infiltrate the very air we breathe. Jacqueline Rose's trenchant new book unravels recent history via the lives and works of three extraordinary thinkers--Albert Camus, Sigmund Freud, and Simone Weil, each one afflicted by catastrophe. Their politics and private griefs, the depth of their understanding, fling open a window into our present crises. Rose, one of the most insightful thinkers on politics and psychoanalysis alike, has written a story of unusual range, spanning World War II to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, surging domestic violence to emboldened anti-racist protest, the Spanish influenza to Omicron, Boris Johnson's deranged optimism to Vladimir Putin's megalomania. The Plague: Living Death In Our Times enacts a psychic reckoning for our moment and for the future to be forged in its aftermath. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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In “The Plague,” she aims to offer a unique and perceptive viewpoint on the societal implications of a pandemic and the complexities of the modern world. Drawing upon the ideas of thinkers such as Albert Camus, Freud, and Simone Weil, Rose challenges conventional notions of power dynamics and urges readers to confront the inevitability of death.
Through her thought-provoking exploration of these complex themes, Rose encourages her readers to reflect on some of the most urgent and pressing issues we are currently facing. ( )