In pursuit of the beautiful soul
Kolata, Justine2023
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Our society is in a state of crisis. Millennials and Generation Z find themselves lost in a world torn apart by extreme individualism, loneliness, culture wars, mob mentalities, and an epidemic of narcissism fuelled by our addiction to information technologies. In this book, Justine Kolata offers a revolutionary solution to overcoming the soullessness of modern life. The book explores the untold re ationship between the eighteenth-century philosophy of the Beautiful Soul and the salon culture in which it was enacted. This lost humanistic artform of self-cultivation inspires the pursuit of beauty, goodness, and truth in the act of creating a beautiful existence. Kolata weaves together the essential features of this practical philosophy with an historical exploration of the German-Jewish salonnieres' ground-breaking efforts to cultivate beautiful souls through the arts and conversation.
Main title:
In pursuit of the beautiful soul / Justine Kolata.
Author:
Kolata, Justine, author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Double A Group Publishing, 2023.
Collation:
384 pages
ISBN:
9781739148201 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
144
Language:
English
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BRN:
2361512
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