Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Book Of CalamitiesCondition: NewSubtitle: Five Questions about Suffering and its MeaningISBN-10: 0316158798EAN: 9780316158794ISBN: 9780316158794Publisher: Little, Brown & CompanyFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 02/12/2009Description: What does it mean to suffer? What enables some people to emerge from tragedy while others are spiritually crushed by it? Why do so many Americans think of suffering as something that happens to other people - who usually deserve it? These are some of the questions at the heart of this powerful book. Combining reportage, personal narrative and moral philosophy, Peter Trachtenberg tells the stories of grass-roots genocide tribunals in Rwanda and tsunami survivors in Sri Lanka, an innocent man on death row, and a family bereaved on 9/11. He examines texts from the Book of Job to the Bodhicharyavatara and the writings of Simone Weil. THE BOOK OF CALAMITIES is a provocative and sweeping look at one of the biggest paradoxes of the human condition - and the surprising strength and resilience of those who are forced to confront it.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 215mmItem Length: 150mmItem Width: 35mmItem Weight: 591gAuthor: Peter TrachtenbergGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social SciencesRelease Year: 2009 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: The Book Of Calamities
Title: The Book Of Calamities
Subtitle: Five Questions about Suffering and its Meaning
ISBN-10: 0316158798
EAN: 9780316158794
ISBN: 9780316158794
Release Date: 02/12/2009
Release Year: 2009
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Book of Calamities : Five Questions about Suffering and Its Meaning
Number of Pages: 464 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Item Height: 1.4 in
Topic: Sociology / General, General, Sociology / Social Theory, Essays
Publication Year: 2008
Genre: Philosophy, Social Science, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 10.6 Oz
Author: Peter Trachtenberg
Item Length: 8.5 in
Item Width: 5.9 in
Format: Hardcover
