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Cioran, E. M.

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ISBN 10: 1611456967 ISBN 13: 9781611456967

Publisher: Arcade Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

In this collection of aphorisms and short essays, E.M. Cioran sets about the task of peeling off the layers of false realities with which society masks the truth. For him, real hope lies in this task, and thus, while he perceives the world darkly, he refuses to give in to despair. He hits upon this ultimate truth by developing his notion of human history and events as "a procession of delusions," striking out at the so-called "Fallacies of Hope." By examining the relationship between truth and action and between absolutes, unknowables, and frauds, Cioran comes out, for once, in favor of being.

About this title

About the Author:

E. M. Cioran left his native land of Romania for Paris in the late 1930s, where he lived and wrote until his death in 1995. His many books include Anathemas and Admirations,  A Short History of Decay, and The Trouble with Being Born.

Richard Howard is the author of eleven books of poetry, including Untitled Subjects, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1970. He is the translator for more than 150 works from the French language. He received the American Book Award for his translation of Charles Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal.

Eugene Thacker is the author of several books, including After Life and Horror of Philosophy. He teaches at The New School in New York.

Review:

“A sort of final philosopher of the Western world. . . . Cioran’s statements have the compression of poetry and the audacity of cosmic clowning.” (Washington Post)

“Cioran has a delicate, and, above all, gallant intelligence. . . . His incomparable work is the last great expression of the European mind.” (David Rieff - Elle)

About this edition

• Publisher: Arcade Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1611456967
• ISBN 13: 9781611456967
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200