The New Gods Cioran E. M.
The New Gods Cioran E. M. Dubbed "Nietzsche without his hammer" by literary critic James Wood, the Romanian philosopher E. M. Unlike many of his other works, such as On the Heights of Despair and…
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The New Gods Cioran E. M.
Dubbed "Nietzsche without his hammer" by literary critic James Wood, the Romanian philosopher E. M. Unlike many of his other works, such as On the Heights of Despair and Tears and Saints, The New Gods eschews his usual aphoristic approach in favor of more extensive and analytic essays. Cioran is known as much for his profound pessimism and fatalistic approach as for the lyrical, raging prose with which he communicates them.
In "Paleontology" Cioran describes a visit to a museum, finding the relatively pedestrian destination rife with decay, death, and human weakness. Returning to many of Cioran's favorite themes, The New Gods explores humanity's attachment to gods, death, fear, and infirmity, in essays that vary widely in form and approach. In another chapter, Cioran explores suicide in shorter, impressionistic bursts, while "The Demiurge" is a shambolic
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