Title Cioran : a Dionysiac with the voluptuousness of doubt / Ion Dur, Baia Mare Northern University Centre, Romania ; translation, Ian and Ann Marie Browne

Published Wilmington, Deleware, United States : Vernon Press, [2019] ©2019

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 168 pages ): illustrations Series Series in philosophy Vernon series in philosophy. Summary Since its inception philosophical thought has been fixated by death. Death, as much as life, has been the unrelenting driving force behind some of history's greatest thinkers. Yet, for Emil Cioran, a Romanian-French philosopher, even philosophy cannot attempt to understand nor contain the inevitable unknown. Considered to be an anti-philosopher, Cioran approached and reflected on the human experience with a despairing pessimism. His works are characterised by a brooding, fatalistic temperament that reveals and defines itself in his irony, black humour and inimitable style. Although Cioran's later works have received much scholarly recognition, little attention has been paid to the texts he wrote in his adolescent. Grounded in the historical context of interwar Romania, this book presents for the first time an analysis of the little-known works of this pioneering Romanian thinker. Deeply affected by his upbringing, this book offers a glimpse into Cioran's first attempts to delve into philosophical enterprise, before turning its attention to his later works, On the Heights of Despair (1934), The Transfiguration of Romania (1936) and Twilight of thoughts (1940; written in France). Using both the French and Romanian editions of these works, but also their original manuscripts, this volume seeks to provide a re-reading that takes language rather than a social or political critique as its focal point. As an important and provocative contribution to the existing literature on Cioran, this book will be an essential point of reference for students and researchers, alike Notes Translated from the Romanian Preface written by Horia Vicenţiu Pătraşcu Includes abstract Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-159) and index Notes Description based on print version record Subject Cioran, E. M. (Emile M.), 1911-1995. SUBJECT Cioran, E. M. (Emile M.), 1911-1995 fast Subject Philosophy -- Romania -- 20th century Philosophy Romania Form Electronic book Author Pătraşcu, Horia Vicenţiu, 1976- writer of preface. Browne, Ian, translator Browne, Ann Marie, translator ISBN 9781622735761 1622735765

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