{"product_id":"ambition-an-essay-on-the-burning-desire-to-rise-hardcover","title":"Ambition: An Essay on the Burning Desire to Rise - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEckart Goebel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames C. Wagner\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe describe people who are \"consumed\" or \"devoured\" by ambition as if by a predator or an out-of-control inferno.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Thinkers since deepest antiquity have raised these questions, approaching the subject of ambition with ambivalence and often trepidation-as when the ancient Greek poet Hesiod proposed a differentiation between the good and the bad goddess Eris. Indeed, ambition as a longing for immortal fame seems to be one of the unique hallmarks of the human species. While philosophy has touched only occasionally on the problem of burning ambition, sociology, psychoanalysis, and world literature have provided rich and more revealing descriptions and examples of its shaping role in human history.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Drawing on a long and varied tradition of writing on this topic, ranging from the works of Homer through Shakespeare, Freud, and Kafka and from the history of ancient Greece and Rome to the Italian Renaissance and up to the present day (to modernity and the current neoliberal era), Eckart Goebel explores our driving passion for recognition-that insatiable hunter in the mirror-and power\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEckart Goebel \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Tübingen, Germany. Previously, he was Chair and Professor of the German Department at New York University, USA. He is the author of seven books, including \u003ci\u003eBeyond Discontent \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2012). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames C. Wagner\u003c\/b\u003e, Ph.D., is a lecturer in the Department of German at New York University, USA.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51785672622368,"sku":"9781501383847","price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bdad1b9e4d9f248ec8de4af51f1ea512.webp?v=1780618347","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/ambition-an-essay-on-the-burning-desire-to-rise-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}