A Short History of Decay - by E M Cioran (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In the fact of being born there is such an absence of necessity thatwhen you think about it a little more than usual you are left . . . with afoolish...<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Dissects Man's decadence in a remarkable series of moving and beautiful pieces. "To miss reading this book would be a deprivation."--<i>Los Angeles Times</i></b> <p/>E. M. Cioran confronts the place of today's world in the context of human history--focusing on such major issues of the twentieth century as human progress, fanaticism, and science--in this nihilistic and witty collection of aphoristic essays concerning the nature of civilization in mid-twentieth-century Europe. Table of Contents: <br><ul><li>Foreword</li><li>Directions for Decomposition</li><li>The Second-Hand Thinker</li><li>Faces of Decadence</li><li>Sanctity and the Grimaces of the Absolute</li><li>The Décor of Knowledge</li><li>Abdications</li></ul><br>Touching upon Man's need to worship, the feebleness of God, the downfall of the Ancient Greeks and the melancholy baseness of all existence, Cioran's pieces are pessimistic in the extreme, but also display a beautiful certainty that renders them delicate, vivid, and memorable. Illuminating and brutally honest, <p/>"When <i>A Short History of Decay</i> was published, it tended to polarize readers. Many dismissed it as overly morose and pessimistic, completely out of tune with the obligatory optimism of postwar European culture. Others praised it for precisely these reasons (in his review of the book, Maurice Nadeau proclaimed Cioran 'the one whose arrival has been prepared by all the philosophers of the void and of the absurd, harbinger of bad news par excellence'). The original impact of Cioran's book can still be felt in reading <i>A Short History of Decay</i> today."--Eugene Thacker, from his Foreword<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Anyone coming fresh to the field will be captivated by the richness, variety, humor, and pathos of a classic literature that, through a shared historical experience, transcends national and linguistic boundaries.<br><br>To miss reading this book would be a deprivation.<br>
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