10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WORLD-WEARINESS»
Discover the use of
world-weariness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
world-weariness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Kierkegaard and Levinas: The Subjunctive Mood
Pure, that is, insomuch as no this or that is represented by the world-weariness.
But now we must ask if the way 'existence' brings about a mood is qualitatively
different from the way a this or a that may do. Do we really apprehend existence
as ...
2
Weariness of the Self: Diagnosing the History of Depression ...
Today, it captures the attention of psychoanalysts,just as psychosis did fifty years
ago. And therein lies its medical success. Simultaneously, newspapers and
magazines take it for a fashionable illness, perhaps even a kind of world
weariness.
3
Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away
We want something from others, and we call it metta. This is similar to our
ordinary ''world-weariness.'' ''Oh yeah, I'm really tired ofit all, I'm getting out!'' That'
sjust big defilement. It's not world-weariness or dispassion; it's only giving the
right ...
Ajahn Chah, Trans. by Paul Breiter
4
Moments of Disruption: Levinas, Sartre, and the Question of ...
In contrast to this, Of Escape presents a certain “world weariness,” whereby this
apparently autonomous subject is no longer sure of him- or herself. The subject
makes choices, apparently in freedom, but not without a doubling back in ...
5
Through Shakespeare's Eyes: Seeing the Catholic Presence in ...
Shakespeare, with his usual mastery of dramatic symmetry, connects his hero
and his heroine in our minds; and the thing that they have in common, the thing
that connects them, is their world-weariness. They are weary of the world and
what it ...
6
At Home in the
World: A Study in Psychoanalysis, Religion, ...
originate in the boy's perception that he has failed to make his mother's eyes
dance with joy, that he has been unable to dispel her world-weariness, and that
his inability to make her smile is a secondary failure? In any event, in a poem
titled ...
7
Aftershocks of the New: Feminism and Film History
ment — specifically, a displacement of war weariness and shell shock onto world
-weariness and male violence against women. Tatar focuses particular attention
on the work of Georg Grosz and Otto Dix — especially their numerous canvases ...
8
Nietzsche's Revaluation of Values: A Study in Strategies
Rather, first being unable to cope, unable to thrive, and unable to accept this
world for what it is, they then created the idea of God as a rationalization of their
world-weariness, powerlessness, failure, and devaluation of the world. This idea
of ...
Edgar Evalt Sleinis, 1994
9
Unfading Light: Contemplations and Speculations
Therefore a religious world perception invariably is accompanied by the familiar
disillusionment with this world, by pessimism with respect to its given condition,
by that which is sometimes called “world weariness,” but at the same time this ...
Sergiĭ Bulgakov, T. Allan Smith, 2012
10
People and Places of Nature and Culture
... to be alone. A conservation counter-aesthetics throws into relief a touristic
aesthetics of nature. If anybody bears in Adorno's elitist and hypercritical terms '
the marks of melancholia and world-weariness' in 'the instrumentalized and
mutilated ...
Rodney James Giblett, 2011
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WORLD-WEARINESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
world-weariness is used in the context of the following news items.
Ashes 2015: Australia captain Michael Clarke carries the air of a …
At 34, the man whose natural effervescence attracted the nickname 'Pup' is exhibiting the first signs of world-weariness. In Hughes, tragically killed last ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
Beethoven Journey (pt. 1 of 6)
"Beethoven: one of the greatest geniuses the world had ever produced, his music embodying everything from world-weariness to heroism to utopia. «Deutsche Welle, Jul 15»
First Listen: The Mynabirds, 'Lovers Know'
Burhenn's voice sounds well-traveled, due in part to her low vocal range and her restrained, deliberate delivery, but never crosses over into world-weariness. «NPR, Jul 15»
'Twelfth Night' by Portland Shakespeare Project awash with healing
Most often we see Feste performed by a younger actor, so Nause is unique. There's a world-weariness about his foolery, and with it comes a weighty wisdom. «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»
Batman movie: Ben Affleck to write and direct standalone adventure …
There's this sort of world-weariness to it. Twitter/@ZackSnyder. Ben Affleck as Batman and his really, REALLY cool car. "Batman is basically the American ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
Star Wars spin-off: should Aaron Paul play Han Solo – and what …
... (Princess Leia) giving Solo an essential wily world-weariness. And there's something about the idea of a fresh-faced take on the Corellian scoundrel that jars. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
'Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice' Shows Batman's 'World …
There's this sort of world-weariness to it,” Affleck told the website. Affleck is reportedly thrilled about the movie and according to him the film is much different from ... «International Business Times, Jul 15»
Women's World Cup reminds us what football should be about
There is, of course, one passion in my life that has been tainted with cynicism and world-weariness - football. The recent scandals involving Sepp Blatter and the ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
To Ben or not to Ben: Affleck says Batman is the American Hamlet
There's this sort of world-weariness to it,” he said. “He's on the verge of being swallowed up by the anger and the rage that we see haunt this character in the ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Despite FIFA bribery scandal, soccer's popularity still high in Europe
European soccer fans reacted with a mix of satisfaction and world-weariness to the news Wednesday that top officials of FIFA, the world sport's governing body, ... «Los Angeles Times, May 15»
