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The Virtues of Disillusionment (Paperback)
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The Virtues of Disillusionment (Paperback)
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Loot Price R526
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Most people go through life chasing illusions of success, fame,
wealth, happiness, and few things are more painful than the
reality-revealing loss of an illusion. But if illusions are
negative, why is the opposite, being disillusioned, also negative?
In this essay based on his inaugural writer-in-residence lecture at
Athabasca University, internationally acclaimed writer Steven
Heighton mathematically evaluates the paradox of disillusionment
and the negative aspects of hope. Drawing on writers such as Herman
Melville, Leonard Cohen, Kate Chopin, and Thich Nhat Hanh, Heighton
considers the influence of illusions on creativity, art, and
society. This meditation on language and philosophy reveals the
virtues of being disillusioned and, perhaps, the path to freedom.
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