Imperfection and Defeat : : The Role of Aesthetic Imagination in Human Society / / Virgil Nemoianu.
Literature is defined in a challenging way as the "science" of imperfection and defeat, or else as a type of discourse that deals with defeat, loss, uncertainty in social life, by contrast with virtually all disciplines (hard sciences or social sciences) that affirm certainties and wish to...
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Nemoianu, Virgil, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Imperfection and Defeat : The Role of Aesthetic Imagination in Human Society / Virgil Nemoianu. Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, [2022] ©2006 1 online resource (154 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: A Philosophical Foundation -- Chapter 2: The Dialectic of Literature and Religion -- Chapter 3: The Dialectic of Literature and History -- Chapter 4: East/Central Europe as a Confirmatory Case Study -- Chapter 5: Literature as Allegory of Human Persecution and Survival -- Index of Names restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Literature is defined in a challenging way as the "science" of imperfection and defeat, or else as a type of discourse that deals with defeat, loss, uncertainty in social life, by contrast with virtually all disciplines (hard sciences or social sciences) that affirm certainties and wish to convince us of truths. If in real history most constructive attempts end up in failure, it follows that we ought to have also a field of research that examines this diversity of failures and disappointments, as well as the alternative options to historical evolution and progress. Thus literature serves an indispensable role: that of gleaning the abundance of past existence, the gratuitous and the rejected being placed here on an equal level with the useful and the successful.This provocative and unusual approach is illustrated in chapters that deal with the dialectics between literary writing and such fields as historical writing, or religious discourses, and is also illustrated by the socio-historical development of East-Central Europe. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jul 2022) Literature and history. Literature Aesthetics. LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory. bisacsh Aesthetics, Historiography, Literature, Religion. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998 9783110780550 https://doi.org/10.1515/9786155211058 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9786155211058 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9786155211058/original |
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Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: A Philosophical Foundation -- Chapter 2: The Dialectic of Literature and Religion -- Chapter 3: The Dialectic of Literature and History -- Chapter 4: East/Central Europe as a Confirmatory Case Study -- Chapter 5: Literature as Allegory of Human Persecution and Survival -- Index of Names |
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