Failure, success's ugly sister, is inevitable - cognitively,
biologically and morally. We all make mistakes, we all die, and we
all get it wrong. A chain of flaws can be traced through all
phenomena, natural and human. We see impending and actual failures
in individual lives, in marriages, careers, in religion, education,
psychotherapy, business, nations, and in entire civilizations. And
there are chronic and imperceptible failures in everyday domains
that most of the time we barely notice, often until it is too late.
Colin Feltham expores what constitutes failure across a number of
domains. He takes guidance from the work of such diverse
philosophers and thinkers as Diogenes, Epictetus, Augustine,
Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Sartre, Camus, Cioran and
Ricoeur, while also drawing on the insights of artists and writers
such as van Gogh, Arthur Miller, Philip Larkin, Samuel Beckett,
Charles Bukowski and Philip Roth. Precursors and partial synonyms
for failure can be seen in the concepts of hamartia, sin,
fallenness, non-being, false consciousness and anthropathology.
Philosophy can help us but is itself, in its reliance on language
and logic, subject to inherent flaws and failures. It is the very
pervasiveness yet common denial of failure which makes it a
compelling topic that cries out for honest analysis. We live in a
time when the cliche of failed Marxism may be segueing
frighteningly (for some) into the failure of 'selfish capitalism',
in a time of geopolitical uncertainty and failure to address the
dire need for agreement and action on climate change. But many of
us are also painfully aware of our own shortcomings, our own
weakness of will and lack of authenticity. Trying to identify where
the lines may be drawn between individual responsibility, social
policy, and historical and biological dark forces is a key
challenge in this fascinating book.
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