书目

A Short History of Decay

内容简介

"AShortHistoryofDecay(1949)"isE.M.Cioran'snihilisticandwittycollectionofaphoristicessaysconcerningthenatureofcivilizationinmid-twentieth-centuryEurope.TouchinguponMan'sneedtoworship,thefeeblenessofGod,thedownfalloftheAncientGreeksandthemelancholybasenessofallexistence,Cioran'spiecesarepessimisticintheextreme,butalsodisplayabeautifulcertaintythatrendersthemdelicate,vivid,andmemorable.Illuminatingandbrutallyhonest,"AShortHistoryofDecay"dissectsMan'sdecadenceinaremarkableseriesofmovingandbeautifulpieces.

作者简介

E.M.Cioran(1911-1995)wasoneofCentralEurope'smostremarkablephilosophers,authorofwhatWilliamGasscalledromanceson'alienation,absurdity,boredom,futility,decay,thetyrannyofhistory,thevulgaritiesofchange,awarenessasagony,reasonasdisease'.ARomanian,helivedmuchofhislifeinParisandmanyofhismajorworkswerewritteninFrench,includingAShortHistoryofDecay,TheTroublewithBeingBornandDrawnandQuartered.

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