Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us
2019
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3.89
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From the curator of The New York Times' "The Stone," a provocative and timely exploration into tragedy—how it articulates conflicts and contradiction that we need to address in order to better understand the world we live in. We might think we are through with the past, but the past isn't through with us. Tragedy permits us to come face to face with what we do not know about ourselves but that which makes those selves who we are. Having Been Born is a compelling examination of ancient Greek origins in the development and history of tragedy—a story that represents what we thought we knew about the poets, dramatists, and philosophers of ancient Greece—and shows them to us in an unfamiliar, unexpected, and original light.
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Author
Simon Critchley
Author · 25 books
Simon Critchley (born 27 February 1960 in Hertfordshire) is an English philosopher currently teaching at The New School. He works in continental philosophy. Critchley argues that philosophy commences in disappointment, either religious or political. These two axes may be said largely to inform his published work: religious disappointment raises the question of meaning and has to, as he sees it, deal with the problem of nihilism; political disappointment provokes the question of justice and raises the need for a coherent ethics [...]
