{"product_id":"on-consolation-finding-solace-in-dark-times-paperback","title":"On Consolation: Finding Solace in Dark Times - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Ignatieff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimely and profound philosophical meditations on how great figures in history, literature, music, and art searched for solace while facing tragedies and crises, from the internationally renowned historian of ideas and Booker Prize finalist Michael Ignatieff.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen we lose someone we love, when we suffer loss or defeat, when catastrophe strikes--war, famine, pandemic--we go in search of consolation. Once the province of priests and philosophers, the language of consolation has largely vanished from our modern vocabulary, and the places where it was offered, houses of religion, are often empty. Rejecting the solace of ancient religious texts, humanity since the sixteenth century has increasingly placed its faith in science, ideology, and the therapeutic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow do we console each other and ourselves in an age of unbelief? In a series of lapidary meditations on writers, artists, musicians, and their works--from the books of Job and Psalms to Albert Camus, Anna Akhmatova, and Primo Levi--esteemed writer and historian Michael Ignatieff shows how men and women in extremity have looked to each other across time to recover hope and resilience. Recreating the moments when great figures found the courage to confront their fate and the determination to continue unafraid, \u003ci\u003eOn Consolation\u003c\/i\u003e takes those stories into the present, movingly contending that we can revive these traditions of consolation to meet the anguish and uncertainties of our precarious twenty-first century.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Ignatieff\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eIsaiah Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Warrior's Honor\u003c\/i\u003e, and over fifteen other acclaimed books, including a memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Russian Album, \u003c\/i\u003e and the Booker finalist novel \u003ci\u003eScar Tissue\u003c\/i\u003e. He writes regularly for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. Former head of Canada's Liberal Party, director of the Carr Center for Human Rights at Harvard's Kennedy School, and president of Central European University, he is currently a professor at CEU in Vienna.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8.23 x 5.41 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47382134456498,"sku":"9780805055221","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/4addcf34914871b2b0f77913c59f87c4.webp?v=1777828424","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/on-consolation-finding-solace-in-dark-times-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}