The Eros of Everyday Life - Hardcover

Griffin, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385473907 ISBN 13: 9780385473903

Publisher: Doubleday, 1995

Synopsis

The author of A Chorus of Stones, a nominee for the Pulitzer Prize, explores the connections between the subordination of women and Western views of nature, religion, philosophy, and science, in a lyrical, erudite collection of essays.

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From the Publisher:

The author of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award nominee A Chorus Of Stones brings us an extraordinarily eloquent new collection of essays on the relationship between feminism, nature, and the evolution of Western Culture.

In an astonishing array of essays displaying the depth and range of her penetrating intelligence, critically acclaimed author and feminist Susan Griffin examines the nature of women and women's role in Western Culture, and shows how the ways that we subordinate the role of women in society are deliberately similar to the ways that we attempt to exclude and subordinate nature.

In her award-winning examination of the nature of war, A Chorus Of Stones,Griffin showed us new ways of thinking about society and war, about private and public lives. In The Eros Of Everyday Life, she once again takes us on a startling journey, showing us the profound connections between religion and philosophy, science and nature, Western thought and the role of women, the supremacy of abstract thought over the forces of life. Collecting both Susan Griffin's best essays over the past decade and two original essays, including the brilliant opening investigation, "Sometimes It Is Named," The Eros Of Everyday Life combines the beautiful lyricism and sensibility of a poet with the intellectual rigor of one of the finest and most original minds writing today.

For Susan Griffin's dedicated readers and anyone interested in the role of women, The Eros Of Everyday Life is nothing short of an intellectual and literary feast. Bon Appetit !

From the Inside Flap:

-winning examination of the nature of war, A Chorus of Stones, critically acclaimed author and feminist Susan Griffin showed new ways of thinking about society and war, about private and public lives. In The Eros of Everyday Life, she once again takes readers on a startling journey, showing the profound connections between religion and philosophy, science and nature, Western thought and the role of women, and the supremacy of abstract thought over the forces of life. Featuring the brilliant original title essay that is nothing less than an intellectual and emotional exploration of the nature of Western society itself, as well as Susan Griffin's best previously published essays of the past decade, The Eros of Everyday Life combines the beautiful lyricism and sensibility of a poet with the intellectual rigor of one of the finest and most original minds writing today.

About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0385473907
• ISBN 13: 9780385473903
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 246