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Imagining the End: Mourning and Ethical Life

[Hardback]

by Jonathan Lear

    • Author

      Jonathan Lear

    • Book Format

      Hardcover

    • Publisher

      Belknap Press

    • Published

      November 2022

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      A Washington Post Notable Work of Nonfiction

      "Imagining the End suggests, in a sober yet hopeful spirit, how mourning, rightly understood, can give meaning to our lives in the disenchanted times in which we find ourselves. In exploring the hopes that have failed us, the projects that have run into the sand, the loves we have lost, the attachments that have come to an end--a work of what amounts to creative mourning--we can develop a stance in the here and how from which the psyche can look outward and flourish. As he did earlier in his explorations of what it can mean to hope, Jonathan Lear here expands and deepens our understanding of what it can mean to mourn."
      --J. M. Coetzee, Nobel Laureate A leading philosopher explores the ethics and psychology of flourishing during times of personal and collective crisis. Imagine the end of the world. Now think about the end--the purpose--of life. They're different exercises, but in Jonathan Lear's profound reflection on mourning and meaning, these two kinds of thinking are also connected: related ways of exploring some of our deepest questions about individual and collective values and the enigmatic nature of the good. Lear is one of the most distinctive intellectual voices in America, a philosopher and psychoanalyst who draws from ancient and modern thought, personal history, and everyday experience to help us think about how we can flourish, or fail to, in a world of flux and finitude that we only weakly control. His range is on full display in Imagining the End as he explores seemingly disparate concerns to challenge how we respond to loss, crisis, and hope. He considers our bewilderment in the face of planetary catastrophe. He examines the role of the humanities in expanding our imaginative and emotional repertoire. He asks how we might live with the realization that cultures, to which we traditionally turn for solace, are themselves vulnerable. He explores how mourning can help us thrive, the role of moral exemplars in shaping our sense of the good, and the place of gratitude in human life. Along the way, he touches on figures as diverse as Aristotle, Abraham Lincoln, Sigmund Freud, and the British royals Harry and Meghan. Written with Lear's characteristic elegance, philosophical depth, and psychological perceptiveness, Imagining the End is a powerful meditation on persistence in an age of turbulence and anxiety.

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      • Author

        Jonathan Lear

      • Book Format

        Hardcover

      • Publisher

        Belknap Press

      • Published

        November 2022

      • Weight

        666g

      • Dimensions

        140 x 210 x 15 mm

      • ISBN

        9780674272590

      • ISBN-10

        0674272595

      • Eden Code

        5665541

      More Information

      • Author/Creator: Jonathan Lear

      • ISBN: 9780674272590

      • Publisher: Belknap Press

      • Release Date: November 2022

      • Weight: 666g

      • Dimensions: 140 x 210 x 15 mm

      • Eden Code: 5665541


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