A philosopher's personal meditation on how painful emotions can
reveal truths about what it means to be truly human Under the light
of ancient Western philosophies, our darker moods like grief,
anguish, and depression can seem irrational. When viewed through
the lens of modern psychology, they can even look like mental
disorders. The self-help industry, determined to sell us the
promise of a brighter future, can sometimes leave us feeling
ashamed that we are not more grateful, happy, or optimistic. Night
Vision invites us to consider a different approach to life, one in
which we stop feeling bad about feeling bad. In this powerful and
disarmingly intimate book, Existentialist philosopher Mariana
Alessandri draws on the stories of a diverse group of nineteenth-
and twentieth-century philosophers and writers to help us see that
our suffering is a sign not that we are broken but that we are
tender, perceptive, and intelligent. Thinkers such as Audre Lorde,
Maria Lugones, Miguel de Unamuno, C. S. Lewis, Gloria Anzaldua, and
Soren Kierkegaard sat in their anger, sadness, and anxiety until
their eyes adjusted to the dark. Alessandri explains how readers
can cultivate "night vision" and discover new sides to their
painful moods, such as wit and humor, closeness and warmth, and
connection and clarity. Night Vision shows how, when we learn to
embrace the dark, we begin to see these moods-and ourselves-as
honorable, dignified, and unmistakably human.
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