Light in Dark Times
The Human Search for Meaning
Seiten
2020
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-2640-5 (ISBN)
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-2640-5 (ISBN)
At once historical and allegorical, Light in Dark Times is an illustrated ride crossing time, space, and place as the characters walk a difficult path while grasping a lifeline of hope on a journey through knowledge.
What will become of us in these trying times? How will we pass the time that we have on earth? In gorgeously rendered graphic form, Light in Dark Times invites readers to consider these questions by exploring the political catastrophes and moral disasters of the past and present, revealing issues that beg to be studied, understood, confronted, and resisted.
A profound work of anthropology and art, this book is for anyone yearning to understand the darkness and hoping to hold onto the light. It is a powerful story of encounters with writers, philosophers, activists, and anthropologists whose words are as meaningful today as they were during the times in which they were written. This book is at once a lament over the darkness of our times, an affirmation of the value of knowledge and introspection, and a consideration of truth, lies, and the dangers of the trivial. In a time when many of us struggle with the feeling that we cannot do enough to change the course of the future, this book is a call to action, asking us to envision and create an alternative world from the one in which we now live.
Light in Dark Times is beautiful to look at and to hold – an exquisite work of art that is lively, informative, enlightening, deeply moving, and inspiring.
What will become of us in these trying times? How will we pass the time that we have on earth? In gorgeously rendered graphic form, Light in Dark Times invites readers to consider these questions by exploring the political catastrophes and moral disasters of the past and present, revealing issues that beg to be studied, understood, confronted, and resisted.
A profound work of anthropology and art, this book is for anyone yearning to understand the darkness and hoping to hold onto the light. It is a powerful story of encounters with writers, philosophers, activists, and anthropologists whose words are as meaningful today as they were during the times in which they were written. This book is at once a lament over the darkness of our times, an affirmation of the value of knowledge and introspection, and a consideration of truth, lies, and the dangers of the trivial. In a time when many of us struggle with the feeling that we cannot do enough to change the course of the future, this book is a call to action, asking us to envision and create an alternative world from the one in which we now live.
Light in Dark Times is beautiful to look at and to hold – an exquisite work of art that is lively, informative, enlightening, deeply moving, and inspiring.
Alisse Waterston is a Presidential Scholar and Professor of Anthropology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York (CUNY). Charlotte Corden is an illustrator and fine artist who often works in the realms of anthropology.
Preface
A Note on Anthropology
Characters
Reflections
On Being Introspective
On Thinking in Dark Times
On Truth, Lies, and the Danger of the Trivial
On Envisioning an Alternative World
A Lament
To the Present
To Posterity
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | ethnoGRAPHIC |
| Illustrationen | Charlotte Corden |
| Zusatzinfo | Full-colour illustrations throughout |
| Verlagsort | Toronto |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 360 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4875-2640-7 / 1487526407 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4875-2640-5 / 9781487526405 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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