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Complaint - Grievance among Friends (Hardcover)
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Complaint - Grievance among Friends (Hardcover)
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"It is not, nor it cannot come to good. But break, my heart, for I
must hold my tongue." Thus spoke Hamlet, one of the great kvetchers
of literature. Every day, gripers challenge our patience and
compassion. Yet Pollyannas rile us up with their grotesque
contentment and unfathomable rejection of protest. Avital Ronell
considers how literature and philosophy treat bellyachers, wailers,
and grumps-and the complaints they lavish on the rest of us.
Combining her trademark jazzy panache with a fearless range of
readings, Ronell opens a dialogue with readers that discusses
thinkers with whom she has directly engaged. Beginning with Hamlet,
and with a candid awareness of her own experiences, Ronell proceeds
to show how complaining is aggravated, distracted, stifled, and
transformed. She moves on to the exemplary complaints of Friedrich
Nietzsche, Hannah Arendt, and Barbara Johnson and examines the
complaint-riven history of deconstruction. Infused with the
author's trademark wit, Complaint takes friends, colleagues, and
all of us on a courageous philosophical journey.
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