{"product_id":"9781350177741","title":"Melancholic Joy On Life Worth Living","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMelancholic Joy\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eOn Life Worth Living\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBrian Treanor\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, we find ourselves surrounded by numerous reasons to despair, from loneliness, suffering and death at an individual level to societal alienation, oppression, sectarian conflict and war. No honest assessment of life can take   place without facing up to these facts and it is not surprising that more and   more people are beginning to suspect that the human story will end in   tragedy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHowever, this focus on despair does not paint a complete and   accurate picture of reality, which is also inflected with beauty and   goodness. Working with examples from poetry and literature, including Virginia Woolf and Jack Gilbert and the films of Terrence Malick, \u003ci\u003eMelancholic Joy\u003c\/i\u003e offers an honest assessment   of the human condition. It unflinchingly acknowledges the everyday   frustrations and extraordinary horrors that generate despair and argues that   the appropriate response is to take up joy again, not in an   attempt to ignore or dismiss evil, but rather as part of a “melancholic joy”   that accepts the mystery of a world both beautiful and brutal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBrian Treanor\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy and Charles S. Casassa Chair of Social Values at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, USA. Among his previous books are \u003ci\u003eEmplotting Virtue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAspects of Alterity\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eCarnal Hermeneutics\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInterpreting Nature\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14 January 2021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350177741\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9.28\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332972970124,"sku":"9781350177741","price":29.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_2e4f57d9-25a8-45bd-88e3-1922f0a3285f.jpg?v=1783607723","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350177741","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}