Henry David Thoreau Grasping the Community of the World

Translated by Jean Ward

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Theory, Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Study Aids, ESL, Foreign Languages
Cover of the book Henry David Thoreau Grasping the Community of the World by Tadeusz Slawek, Peter Lang
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Tadeusz Slawek ISBN: 9783653995220
Publisher: Peter Lang Publication: August 20, 2014
Imprint: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften Language: English
Author: Tadeusz Slawek
ISBN: 9783653995220
Publisher: Peter Lang
Publication: August 20, 2014
Imprint: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Language: English

This study takes up Thoreau’s work as an early and prophetic diagnosis of the modern crisis of relationships between the individual and society. Thus Adorno’s formulation of «a melancholy of science» finds its predecessor in Thoreau’s famous dictum from the early pages of Walden that we live our lives in quiet desperation. The author reads Thoreau’s Journal as an attempt to refute tendencies towards the narrowing of life to being understood merely in techno-economic categories which threaten the quality of the development of both the individual and the community. Thus in literary scholarship it is essential to find strategies which will critically contribute to understanding and transforming what Auerbach called «ways of life» and what Barthes referred to as «living-together».

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This study takes up Thoreau’s work as an early and prophetic diagnosis of the modern crisis of relationships between the individual and society. Thus Adorno’s formulation of «a melancholy of science» finds its predecessor in Thoreau’s famous dictum from the early pages of Walden that we live our lives in quiet desperation. The author reads Thoreau’s Journal as an attempt to refute tendencies towards the narrowing of life to being understood merely in techno-economic categories which threaten the quality of the development of both the individual and the community. Thus in literary scholarship it is essential to find strategies which will critically contribute to understanding and transforming what Auerbach called «ways of life» and what Barthes referred to as «living-together».

More books from Peter Lang

Cover of the book Nuevos estudios de lingueística moderna by Tadeusz Slawek
Cover of the book Traumsommer und Kriegsgewitter by Tadeusz Slawek
Cover of the book Pogrom Cries Essays on Polish-Jewish History, 19391946 by Tadeusz Slawek
Cover of the book La autobiografía como obra literaria: «La vida secreta de Salvador Dalí» by Tadeusz Slawek
Cover of the book Ethnicity and Tribal Theology by Tadeusz Slawek
Cover of the book A Corpus-Based Study of Nominalization in Translations of Chinese Literary Prose by Tadeusz Slawek
Cover of the book Qualitaet familienrechtspsychologischer Gutachten: Eine empirische Analyse mit Praxiskommentaren by Tadeusz Slawek
Cover of the book The Politics of Dubbing by Tadeusz Slawek
Cover of the book Die Zerruettung des Arbeitsverhaeltnisses by Tadeusz Slawek
Cover of the book La professionnalisation en débat by Tadeusz Slawek
Cover of the book Intersecting Diaspora Boundaries by Tadeusz Slawek
Cover of the book Franzoesisch in Afrika Franzoesisch in Frankreich by Tadeusz Slawek
Cover of the book Adoleszenz in Medienkontexten by Tadeusz Slawek
Cover of the book Verbandshaftung bei Spielmanipulation durch Fußball-Schiedsrichter by Tadeusz Slawek
Cover of the book Assembling Japan by Tadeusz Slawek
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy