عنوان

Imperfection and defeat :

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1429413425

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6155211051

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6611376658

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9781281376657

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9786611376659

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963732657X

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Title Proper

Imperfection and defeat :

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[Book]

Other Title Information

the role of aesthetic imagination in human society /

First Statement of Responsibility

by Virgil Nemoianu.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Central European University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2006.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (150 pages)

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Includes index.

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Revisions of lectures delivered at the Central European University in Feb.-March 2004.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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A philosophical foundation -- The dialectic of literature and religion -- The dialectic of literature and history -- East/Central Europe as a confirmatory case study -- Literature as allegory of human persecution and survival.

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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.

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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

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JSTOR

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22573/ctt2bc4rc

Title

Imperfection and defeat.

Literature-- Aesthetics.

Literature and history.

LITERARY CRITICISM-- General.

Literatur

Literatur.

Literature-- Aesthetics.

Literature and history.

Poetik

Poetik.

TRAVEL-- Special Interest-- Literary.

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Nemoianu, Virgil.

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20201208112348.0

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