Waiting For Godot In Sarajevo: Theological Reflections On Nihilsim, Tragedy, And Apocalypse
Autor David Tooleen Limba Engleză Hardback – 26 iun 1998
In
the
summer
of
1914,
Archduke
Franz
Ferdinand
was
assassinated
in
Sarajevo,
an
event
which
led
to
the
horror
of
World
War
I
and
which
many
historians
suggest
marked
the
beginning
of
the
twentieth
century.
In
1992,
Sarajevo
again
lurched
into
prominence
as
the
focal
point
of
one
of
the
century's
bloodiest
civil
wars.
Yet
Sarajevo
at
one
point
epitomized
the
dreams
of
the
Enlightenment,
a
city
where
Christians,
Jews,
and
Muslims
peacefully
coexisted.
In
the
midst
of
Sarajevo's
recent
decline
into
chaos
and
destruction,
Susan
Sontag
decided
to
produce
Act
I
ofWaiting
for
Godot,which,
despite
ever-looming
danger,
played
to
packed
houses.
Why?
Why
did
this
city
of
hope
lie
crushed
at
the
end
of
the
twentieth
century?
Why
did
Sontag
stage
an
artistic
production
in
the
middle
of
such
overwhelming
tragedy?
WhyWaiting
for
Godot?
And,
most
important,
why
the
appreciative,
silent
tears
of
audience
members
who
risked
their
lives
to
attend
a
play
in
the
middle
of
a
war?These
are
the
questions
that
guide
David
Toole's
theological
reflections
inWaiting
for
Godot
in
Sarajevo,where
he
seeks
to
come
to
terms
with
what
it
means
to
live
a
life
of
dignity
in
a
world
of
undeniable
suffering.
Toole
skillfully
weaves
together
Friedrich
Nietzsche's
views
on
nihilism
with
Michel
Foucault's
analysis
of
power
to
produce
a
metaphysics
of
tragedy,
or
a
“politics
of
dying.”
Such
politics
are
then
used
to
shed
new
theological
light
on
the
Christian
apocalypse
and
what
it
means
to
be
alive
at
the
end
of
the
twentieth
century.
In
making
his
argument,
Toole
draws
innovative
connections
between
such
diverse
figures
as
John
Milbank,
Alasdair
MacIntyre,
Euripides,
John
Howard
Yoder,
and
Norman
Maclean
(author
ofA
River
Runs
Through
ItandYoung
Men
and
Fire),
all
the
while
using
Beckett's
play
as
a
compass
for
his
direction.
The
end
result
is
a
fascinating,
eminently
readable,
unexpectedly
adventurous
theological
inquiry
into
the
meaning
of
life.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780813335032
ISBN-10: 0813335035
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 158 x 237 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.66 kg
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
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ISBN-10: 0813335035
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 158 x 237 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.66 kg
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
Notă biografică
David Toole is visiting assistant professor of liberal studies at the University of Montana.