Better Than Both: The Case for Pessimism is an experiment in "popular philosophy." It presents and discusses (literally) life-and-death issues in non-technical, everyday language. This new work sees pessimism not as a kind of depressed moodiness or self-indulgent negativity, but as the inevitable result of any fair-minded survey of the world we actually live in.
Better Than Both: The Case for Pessimism is an experiment in "popular philosophy." It presents and discusses (literally) life-and-death issues in non-technical, everyday language. This new work sees pessimism not as a kind of depressed moodiness or self-indulgent negativity, but as the inevitable result of any fair-minded survey of the world we actually live in.
Peter Heinegg holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature from Harvard University. He is a professor of English at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. A former Jesuit seminarian, he has published a wide variety of translations, essays, and reviews on the subject of religion, including Good God! (And Other Follies), Hamilton Books, 2007.
Inhaltsangabe
1 Acknowledgements 2 Introduction to Pessimism: What are the Odds? 3 Brain-Fever: Psychological Pessimism 4 Chained to the Slaughter-Bench: Historical Pessimism 5 Not a Pretty Picture: Pessimism in Old Age 6 What Has God Done for You Lately? Atheistic / Agnostic Pessimism 7 Crumbling Rock of the Ages: Pessimism and Religious Imagination 8 Promises, Promises: American Pessimism 9 The Filthiest Nest: Ecological Pessimism 10 On and On and On: Pessimism and the Continuum 11 Don't Kid Yourself: Pessimism and Death 12 Blood-Soaked Roots: Cultural Pessimism 13 Don't be Duped: Pessimism and Comedy 14 The Triumph of Experience over Hope: Sexual Pessimism 15 Get Real: Pessimism and Tragedy 16 You Think You Got Trouble? Proverbial Pessimism 17 Things Aren't That Bad: Silly Pessimism 18 Who Needs All This Stuff? Pessimism vs. Creation 19 Don't Tell Me How it Ends: Eschatological Pessimism 20 Epilogue: The Joy of Pessimism
1 Acknowledgements 2 Introduction to Pessimism: What are the Odds? 3 Brain-Fever: Psychological Pessimism 4 Chained to the Slaughter-Bench: Historical Pessimism 5 Not a Pretty Picture: Pessimism in Old Age 6 What Has God Done for You Lately? Atheistic / Agnostic Pessimism 7 Crumbling Rock of the Ages: Pessimism and Religious Imagination 8 Promises, Promises: American Pessimism 9 The Filthiest Nest: Ecological Pessimism 10 On and On and On: Pessimism and the Continuum 11 Don't Kid Yourself: Pessimism and Death 12 Blood-Soaked Roots: Cultural Pessimism 13 Don't be Duped: Pessimism and Comedy 14 The Triumph of Experience over Hope: Sexual Pessimism 15 Get Real: Pessimism and Tragedy 16 You Think You Got Trouble? Proverbial Pessimism 17 Things Aren't That Bad: Silly Pessimism 18 Who Needs All This Stuff? Pessimism vs. Creation 19 Don't Tell Me How it Ends: Eschatological Pessimism 20 Epilogue: The Joy of Pessimism
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