Literary Nonfiction. Philosophy. German language text. Winner of the 2008 Independent Publisher Book Award. In this penetrating, thought-provoking, and deeply personal philosophical meditation on the death of the beloved other and the turmoil into which it throws those who were close to him, philosopher Kathrin Stengel opens hitherto unseen vistas onto one of the most painful human experiences. The author's ruthless clarity of observation, coupled with razor-sharp philosophical intuition and unflinching honesty of judgment, allows her to pinpoint the personal and social complexities of life after death in a way that cannot but make us doubt some of our common practices in dealing with death and survival. Kathrin Stengel, Ph.D., is a philosopher residing in New York City with her husband and their three sons. Also available from SPD is the English language version of this text, NOVEMBER ROSE: A SPEECH ON DEATH, translated by Michael Eskin.

November-Rose: Eine Rede über den Tod (Independent Publisher Book Award 2008) (German Edition)

Self-Help

Stengel, Kathrin

Death & Grief

Upper West Side Philosophers

<p>Literary Nonfiction. Philosophy. Winner of the 2008 Independent Publisher Book Award. Translated from the German by Michael Eskin. In this penetrating, thought-provoking, and deeply personal philosophical meditation on the death of the beloved other and the turmoil into which it throws those who were close to him, philosopher Kathrin Stengel opens hitherto unseen vistas onto one of the most painful human experiences. The author's ruthless clarity of observation, coupled with razor-sharp philosophical intuition and unflinching honesty of judgment, allows her to pinpoint the personal and social complexities of life after death in a way that cannot but make us doubt some of our common practices in dealing with death and survival. Kathrin Stengel, Ph.D., is a philosopher residing in New York City with her husband and their three sons. Also available from SPD is the German language edition of this text, NOVEMBER-ROSE: EINE REDE UEBER DEN TOD.</p>

November Rose: A Speech on Death

Brimming with insights and startling perspectives on the most diverse aspects of contemporary life--from marriage and parenting to love, friendship, and the logic of the everyday--this exquisite collection of aphorisms and essays, is bound to make its readers stop and reevaluate many a truth and commonplace we live by. Philosopher, literary critic, and translator Julien David whose real name is Michael Eskin, was educated at the University of Munich, the Institut Catholique de Paris, Concordia College, and Rutgers University. PHILOSOPHICAL FRAGMENTS OF A CONTEMPORARY LIFE is Michael Eskin's first publication under the pen name Julien David.

Philosophical Fragments of a Contemporary Life

David, Julien

Personal Transformation

<p>Literary Nonfiction. Philosophy. Translated from the German by Anthea Bell. In three beautifully wrought meditations on the import of René Descartes' legacy from a poet's perspective, Durs Grünbein presents us with a Descartes whom we haven't met before: not the notorious perpetrator of the mind-body-dualism, the arch-villain of Rationalism but the inspired and courageous dreamer, explorer, and fabulist. Reading Descartes against the grain of the widely accepted view of the philosopher as the proponent of a cut-and-dried, disembodied, and, hence, misguided view of humanity, Grunbein discloses the profoundly humane and poetic underpinnings of the legacy of this "modern man par excellence," and, by extension, of modernity as a whole. Uncovering the poetic foundations of Descartes' rationalism and, concomitantly, the poetic lining of the mantle of reason, Durs Grünbein, one of the world's greatest living poets and essayists, shows us that reason is never more alive than when it is most poetic.</p>

Descartes' Devil: Three Meditations

Literature & Fiction

Grünbein, Durs

Essays & Correspondence

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November-Rose: Eine Rede über den Tod (Independent Publisher Book Award 2008) (German Edition)

November Rose: A Speech on Death

Philosophical Fragments of a Contemporary Life

Descartes' Devil: Three Meditations