A Short History of Decay
by Emil Cioran
A Short History of Decay by Emil Cioran
Cioran's provocative essays investigate conviction, fanaticism, and the unsettling consequences of losing familiar certainties. Cioran examines the convictions through which people make suffering and uncertainty bearable, then questions the fanaticism those convictions can produce. Brief essays move through faith, history, ambition, and exhaustion. His lyrical, provocative prose explores the attraction of disillusionment and the difficulty of living after familiar certainties have lost their authority.
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A Short History of Decay
Cioran examines the convictions through which people make suffering and uncertainty bearable, then questions the fanaticism those convictions can produce. Brief essays move through faith, history, ambition, and exhaustion. His lyrical, provocative prose explores the attraction of disillusionment and the difficulty of living after familiar certainties have lost their authority.
Why read it?
Cioran's provocative essays investigate conviction, fanaticism, and the unsettling consequences of losing familiar certainties. Explore Disillusionment, Fanaticism and Philosophical pessimism in this book.
Edition details
- Author / creators: Emil Cioran
- Publisher: Arcade
- Language: English
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 200
- Edition publication year: 2012
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Book Details
- Author
- Emil Cioran
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Arcade
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 200
- Publication year
- 2012
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