{"product_id":"orphism-and-tragedy-gianni-carchia-9781803096698","title":"Orphism and Tragedy: Myth Transfigured","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA reimagining of the ancient Greek mystical movement Orphism. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to step outside the civic order through poetry? Ever since it first emerged in Greece around the sixth century BC, Orphic doctrine has marked a powerful rupture with the ancient world. Its salvific practices, closely tied to a belief in the soul's immortality, its resolute rejection of sacrificial ritual and embrace of vegetarianism, and its distinctive conception of time and memory all defined a way of life, the \u003ci\u003ebios orphikos\u003c\/i\u003e, that was at once poetic and political.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this brief yet densely layered text, Gianni Carchia returns to Orphism in all its implications. It becomes clear that, for Carchia, Orphism is not merely a historiographical concern, but an aesthetic and political one. If tragedy constitutes one of the central pillars around which the polis was formed, Orphism represents a radically different path--an alternative to the polis itself--by placing the poetic word, in all its autonomous power, at its core. And if the relationship between philosophy and tragedy has long been a central theme in the history of Western thought, Carchia's reflections here ask a different question: Is the Orphic path still accessible to us today?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gianni Carchia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1803096691\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781803096698\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seagull Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Gianni Carchia","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001197437183,"sku":"9781803096698","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/orphism-and-tragedy-gianni-carchia-9781803096698","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}