When we lose someone we love, when we suffer loss or defeat, when catastrophe strikes - war, famine, pandemic - we go in search of consolation. Once the province of priests and philosophers, the language of consolation has largely vanished from our modern vocabulary, and the places where it was offered, houses of religion, are often empty. Rejecting the solace of ancient religious texts, humanity since the sixteenth century has increasingly placed its faith in science, ideology, and the therapeutic. How do we console each other and ourselves in an age of unbelief? In a series of portraits o On Consolation - Michael Ignatieff od authora Michael Ignatieff a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
| Autor |
Michael Ignatieff |
| Jazyk |
anglický |
| Počet stran |
304 |
| Rok vydání |
2022 |
| Nakladatelství |
Pan Macmillan |
