Conjunctions and Disjunctions - Couverture souple

Paz, Octavio

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 162872532X ISBN 13 : 9781628725322

Editeur : Arcade, 2015

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In Conjunctions and Disjunctions, Octavio Paz offers what he calls his rough draft” for a history of man, which is a history of human nature rather than of men or of cultures and civilizations. For Paz, this history is grounded in the polarity of being and the flux and balance of life. It can be read in the dualities by which we live, the pairs of contrasting concepts or signs by which all cultures organize themselves body and soul or mind, life and death, eros and thanatos, the sex organs and the face. His book is an exploration of those dualities over time and across traditions, brought together with provocative erudition and a poet’s scintillating insight.

Ranging through Eastern and Western religions, ancient and contemporary civilizations, and subjects as diverse as history, politics, science, and literature, Paz cites saints, philosophers, anthropologists, and psychoanalysts as he teases out the correspondences and contrasts that comprise this history. The final section of his book seeks to assess not only what this world of contrasting signs represents, but where it is headed what energies in man will help ensure our future.

Revue de presse

Dense, lyrical, digressive, perverse, and sometimes witty . . . The magician is as serious as he was in The Labyrinth of Solitude. He may not persuade, but he dazzles.” The New York Times

Delicious insights crop up with pleasurable frequency.” Newsday

The descriptive brilliances succeed each other with dazzling rapidity, and Paz takes on the blurred vivacity of a hummingbird.” American Scholar

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arcade
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 162872532X
• ISBN 13: 9781628725322
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 160