{"product_id":"erotikon-shadi-bartsch-9780226038391","title":"Erotikon: Essays on Eros, Ancient and Modern","description":"\u003ci\u003eErotikon\u003c\/i\u003e brings together leading contemporary intellectuals from a variety of fields for an expansive debate on the full meaning of \u003ci\u003eeros\u003c\/i\u003e. Renowned scholars of philosophy, literature, classics, psychoanalysis, theology, and art history join poets and a novelist to offer fresh insights into a topic that is at once ancient and forever young. Restricted neither by historical period nor by genre, these contributions explore manifestations of \u003ci\u003eeros\u003c\/i\u003e throughout Western culture, in subjects ranging from ancient philosophy and baroque architecture to modern literature and Hollywood cinema. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn idea charged with paradox, \u003ci\u003eeros\u003c\/i\u003e has always defied categorization, and yet it cannot--it will not--be ignored. \u003ci\u003eErotikon\u003c\/i\u003e aims to raise the difficult question of what, if anything, unifies the erotic manifold. How is \u003ci\u003eeros\u003c\/i\u003e in a sculpture like \u003ci\u003eeros\u003c\/i\u003e in a poem? Does the ancient story of Cupid and Psyche still speak meaningfully to modern readers, and if so, why? Is Plato's \u003ci\u003eeros\u003c\/i\u003e the same as Freud's? Or Proust's? And what is the erotic dimension in Nietzsche's thought? While each essay takes on a specific issue, together they constitute a wide-ranging conversation in which these broader questions are at play. A compilation of the latest, best efforts to reckon with \u003ci\u003eeros\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eErotikon\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal not just to scholars and educators, but also to artists and critics, to the curious and the disillusioned, to the prurient and the prudent. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shadi Bartsch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226038394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226038391\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.14w x 1.08d","brand":"Shadi Bartsch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056651432191,"sku":"9780226038391","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c6647ee9-58ab-4bde-963f-6648e3d30a8b.jpg?v=1685042507","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/erotikon-shadi-bartsch-9780226038391","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}