{"product_id":"disappointment-its-modern-roots-from-spinoza-to-contemporary-literature-hardcover","title":"Disappointment: Its Modern Roots from Spinoza to Contemporary Literature - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Mack\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidering the support behind Brexit and Donald Trump's 'America first' policies, this book challenges the idea that they are motivated solely by fear and instead looks at the hope and promises that drive these renewed forms of nationalism. Addressing these neglected motivations within contemporary populism, Michael Mack explores how our current sense of disappointment with our ecological, economic and political state of affairs partakes of a history of failed promises that goes back to the inception of modernity; namely, to Spinoza's radical enlightenment of diversity and equality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough this innovative approach, Spinoza emerges less as a single isolated figure and more as a sign for an intellectual constellation of thinkers and writers who - from the romantics to contemporary theory and literature - have introduced various shifts in the way we see humanity as being limited and prone to disappointment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombining intellectual history with literary and scientific theory, the book traces the collapse of traditional values and orders from Spinoza to Nietzsche and then to the literary modernism of Joseph Conrad and postmodernism of Philip Roth and Thomas Pynchon.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Mack\u003c\/b\u003e is Reader in English Literature at Durham University, UK. Formerly he has been a Visiting Professor at Syracuse University, a Fellow at the University of Sydney, and lecturer and research fellow at the University of Chicago. He is the author of six books, including \u003ci\u003eHow Literature Changes the Way We Think\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2012), \u003ci\u003e Spinoza and the Specters of Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2010), and \u003ci\u003eGerman Idealism and the Jew\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), which was shortlisted for The Koret Jewish Book Award 2004. He is the editor of the \u003ci\u003ePalgrave Companion to Literature and Philosophy \u003c\/i\u003e(2018)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 14, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51780832559392,"sku":"9781501366864","price":170.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d283cfccdb86058e1755b6d7938a12ab.webp?v=1780538104","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/disappointment-its-modern-roots-from-spinoza-to-contemporary-literature-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}