{"product_id":"regions-of-sorrow-anxiety-and-messianism-in-hannah-arendt-and-w-h-auden-paperback","title":"Regions of Sorrow: Anxiety and Messianism in Hannah Arendt and W. H. Auden - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusannah Young-Ah Gottlieb\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eW. H. Auden and Hannah Arendt belonged to a generation that experienced the catastrophic events of the mid-twentieth century, and they both sought to respond to the enormity of the novel phenomena they witnessed. \u003ci\u003eRegions of Sorrow\u003c\/i\u003e explores the remarkable affinity between their works. As incisive exponents and uncompromising proponents of the insuperable condition of plurality, Auden and Arendt give voice to an unexpected and inconspicuous messianism-a messianism in which contingency, frailty, and faultiness are neither rejected nor scorned but celebrated as the indispensable elements of what Auden calls \"anxious hope.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Beginning with an examination of Arendt's \u003ci\u003eOrigins of Totalitarianism\u003c\/i\u003e and Auden's \u003ci\u003eAge of Anxiety\u003c\/i\u003e, which both conclude with meditations on Nazi terror, the author turns to an unprecedented presentation of Arendt's \u003ci\u003eHuman Condition\u003c\/i\u003e in terms of Jewish-German messianism, and concludes with Auden's \"In Praise of Limestone,\" which lays out the frail and faulty space in which messianism breaks free from apocalyptic forecasts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eW. H. Auden and Hannah Arendt belonged to a generation that experienced the catastrophic events of the mid-twentieth century, and they both sought to respond to the enormity of the novel phenomena they witnessed. Regions of Sorrow explores the remarkable affinity between their works. As incisive exponents and uncompromising proponents of the insuperable condition of plurality, Auden and Arendt give voice to an unexpected and inconspicuous messianism--a messianism in which contingency, frailty, and faultiness are neither rejected nor scorned but celebrated as the indispensable elements of what Auden calls \"anxious hope.\"\u003cbr\u003e Beginning with an examination of Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism and Auden's Age of Anxiety, which both conclude with meditations on Nazi terror, the author turns to an unprecedented presentation of Arendt's Human Condition in terms of Jewish-German messianism, and concludes with Auden's \"In Praise of Limestone,\" which lays out the frail and faulty space in which messianism breaks free from apocalyptic forecasts. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegions of Sorrow is full of insights, and anyone interested in [Hannah] Arendt, [W.H.] Auden, or the intellectual and cultural texture of twentieth-century modernity will profit by reading it.--Political Theory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusannah Young-ah Gottlieb is Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies at Northwestern University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9.18 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 27, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51817900671264,"sku":"9780804745116","price":44.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dbd56aff4b0d676cbb24a5cd6dc625b6.webp?v=1781112389","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/regions-of-sorrow-anxiety-and-messianism-in-hannah-arendt-and-w-h-auden-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}