{"product_id":"erotikon-essays-on-eros-ancient-and-modern-paperback","title":"Erotikon: Essays on Eros, Ancient and Modern - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShadi Bartsch\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An 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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShadi Bartsch\u003c\/b\u003e is the Ann L. and Lawrence B. Buttenwieser Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Chicago. She is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eIdeology in Cold Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eActors in the Audience, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Mirror of the Self: Sexuality, Self-Knowledge, and the Gaze in the Early \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoman Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, the last published by the University of Chicago Press. \u003cb\u003eThomas Bartscherer\u003c\/b\u003e is a doctoral candidate in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.08 x 9 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45259501273190,"sku":"9780226038391","price":72.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/M3hJSGxITWYzN2U3RzE3Uk5seXR0dz09.webp?v=1773845430","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/erotikon-essays-on-eros-ancient-and-modern-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}