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The New Gods (Paperback)
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The New Gods (Paperback)
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Dubbed "Nietzsche without his hammer" by literary critic James
Wood, the Romanian philosopher E. M. Cioran is known as much for
his profound pessimism and fatalistic approach as for the lyrical,
raging prose with which he communicates them. Unlike many of his
other works, such as "On the Heights of Despair" and "Tears and
Saints," "The New Gods" eschews his usual aphoristic approach in
favor of more extensive and analytic essays. Returning to many of
Cioran's favorite themes, "The New Gods "explores humanity's
attachment to gods, death, fear, and infirmity, in essays that vary
widely in form and approach. In "Paleontology" Cioran describes a
visit to a museum, finding the relatively pedestrian destination
rife with decay, death, and human weakness. In another chapter,
Cioran explores suicide in shorter, impressionistic bursts, while
"The Demiurge" is a shambolic exploration of man's relationship
with good, evil, and God. All the while, "The New Gods "reaffirms
Cioran's belief in "lucid despair," and his own signature mixture
of pessimism and skepticism in language that never fails to be a
pleasure. Perhaps his prose itself is an argument against Cioran's
near-nihilism: there is beauty in his books.
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