{"product_id":"tragedy-the-greeks-and-us-paperback","title":"Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSimon Critchley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the moderator of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ephilosophy blog \"The Stone,\" a book that argues that if we want to understand ourselves we have to go back to theater, to the stage of our lives\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTragedy presents a world of conflict and troubling emotion, a world where private and public lives collide and collapse. A world where morality is ambiguous and the powerful humiliate and destroy the powerless. A world where justice always seems to be on both sides of a conflict and sugarcoated words serve as cover for clandestine operations of violence. A world rather like our own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe ancient Greeks hold a mirror up to us in which we see all the desolation and delusion of our lives but also the terrifying beauty and intensity of existence. This is not a time for consolation prizes and the fatuous banalities of the self-help industry and pop philosophy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTragedy allows us to glimpse, in its harsh and unforgiving glare, the burning core of our aliveness. If we give ourselves the chance to look at tragedy, we might see further and more clearly.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSIMON CRITCHLEY\u003c\/b\u003e is Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research. His many books include \u003ci\u003eVery Little . . . Almost Nothing, The Book of Dead Philosophers, The Faith of the Faithless, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMemory Theater. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is the series moderator of \"The Stone,\" a philosophy column in\u003ci\u003e The New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003eto which he is a frequent contributor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 17, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765350531360,"sku":"9780525564645","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/acaf2a54dd51ccc7070c2e92ed921f3b.webp?v=1780266754","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/tragedy-the-greeks-and-us-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}