Fear of Freedom - With the Essay "Fear of Painting" (Paperback, Revised)

Carlo Levi was a painter, writer, and antifascist Italian from a Jewish family, and his political activism forced him into exile for most of the Second World War. While in exile, he wrote "Christ Stopped at Eboli," a memoir, and "Fear of Freedom," a philosophical meditation on humanity's flight from moral and spiritual autonomy and our resulting loss of self and creativity. Brooding on what surely appeared to be the decline, if not the fall of Europe, Levi locates the human abdication of responsibility in organized religion and its ability to turn the sacred into the sacrificial. In doing so, he references the entire intellectual and cultural estate of Western civilization, from the Bible and Greek mythology to Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. This edition features newly published pieces of Levi's artwork and the first English translation of his essay "Fear of Painting," which was appended to a later publication of the work. It also includes an introduction that discusses Levi's life and enduring legacy. Written as war clouds were gathering over Europe, "Fear of Freedom" not only addresses a specific moment in history and a universal, timeless condition, but it is also a powerful indictment of our contemporary moral and political failures.

General

Imprint:	Columbia University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2008
First published:	April 2008
Authors:	Carlo Levi
Translators:	Adolphe Gourevitch
Editors:	Stanislao Pugliese
Dimensions:	210 x 141 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	176
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-231-13997-7
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	Italian
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-231-13997-7
Barcode:	9780231139977

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