{"product_id":"power-of-gentleness-meditations-on-the-risk-of-living-paperback","title":"Power of Gentleness: Meditations on the Risk of Living - 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\u003eAnne Dufourmantelle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKatherine Payne\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eVincent Sallé\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKey moments of our lives, especially at the beginning and end, are marked by gentleness--but the simplicity of that concept is misleading. Gentleness is an active passivity that may become an extraordinary force of resistance within ethics and politics. In this powerful rethinking by a renowned philosopher and psychoanalyst, whose untimely death captured worldwide attention, gentleness becomes a series of embodied paradoxes: power that is also soft, nobility that is also humble, sweetness that is also intelligent, subtlety that is nevertheless striking, fragility that has the potential to subvert the status quo. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Greek and Christian myth, in the philosophical and religious traditions of China and India, and across Western literature and art, gentleness occurs in moments of tenderness such as birth, care, and mutual love, but also where least expected, amid danger, humiliation, and cruelty. Gentleness, Dufourmantelle shows, is marked above all by our early human connections to the physical world, uncovered and rediscovered primarily through the senses, with all the ambivalences that entails. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToday, we are most familiar with a gentleness sold to us in the diluted form of mawkishness. This is how we try to evade its subtlety--no longer by fighting it, but by enfeebling it. In the name of our highest values--happiness, truth, security--we enforce \"gentle\" safeguards against hurt and are persuaded to participate in our era's three divinities: efficiency, speed, and profitability. But in doing so we seal ourselves off from the life-affirming gamble that a true gentleness affords. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTrue gentleness entails an ethic of desire. Against a society that crushes human beings \"gently\" through consumerist logic and the illusion of total transparency, Dufourmantelle celebrates the uncompromising gentleness discovered by Gandhi and other revolutionaries. At the same time, within the despair confided by her patients, she traces the force of resistance and intangible magic that gentleness offers in the lived experience of ordinary women and men who fully embrace the risk of living.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis work received the French Voices Award for excellence in publication and translation. French Voices is a program created and funded by the French Embassy in the United States and FACE (French American Cultural Exchange).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinner, French Voices Award for excellence in publication and translation.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A profound philosopher and psychoanalyst\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith rigor and charm, Anne Dufourmantelle breaks in an emergent concept--crucial yet unclassifiable--that has been overlooked by the big guns of philosophical discourse. The notion of gentleness resets the hermeneutics of affect and ontology.--Avital Ronell, New York University \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKey moments of our lives, especially at the beginning and end, are marked by gentleness--but the simplicity of that concept is misleading. Gentleness is an active passivity that may become an extraordinary force of resistance within ethics and politics. In this powerful rethinking by a renowned philosopher and psychoanalyst, gentleness becomes a series of embodied paradoxes: power that is also soft, nobility that is also humble, sweetness that is also intelligent, subtlety that is nevertheless striking, fragility that has the potential to subvert the status quo. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcross Western and Eastern religion, philosophy, literature, and art, gentleness is marked by the complexities and ambivalences characteristic of that which we experience through the senses. Yet today, we are most familiar with a gentleness sold to us in the diluted form of mawkishness. This is how we try to evade its subtlety--no longer by fighting it, but by enfeebling it. In the name of our highest values--happiness, truth, security--we enforce \"gentle\" safeguards against hurt, sealing ourselves off from the life-affirming gamble that a true gentleness affords. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTrue gentleness entails an ethic of desire. Against a society that crushes human beings \"gently,\" Dufourmantelle celebrates the uncompromising gentleness discovered by Gandhi and other revolutionaries. At the same time, within the despair confided by her patients, she traces the force of resistance and intangible magic that gentleness offers in the lived experience of ordinary women and men who fully embrace the risk of living. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Dufourmantelle\u003c\/b\u003e (1964-2017), philosopher and psychoanalyst, taught at the European Graduate School and wrote monthly columns for the Paris newspaper \u003ci\u003eLiberation\u003c\/i\u003e. Her books in English include \u003ci\u003eBlind Date: Sex and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, and, with Jacques Derrida, \u003ci\u003eOf Hospitality\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Dufourmantelle (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAnne Dufourmantelle\u003c\/b\u003e (1964-2017), philosopher and psychoanalyst, taught at the European Graduate School and wrote monthly columns for the Paris newspaper \u003ci\u003eLibération\u003c\/i\u003e. Her books in English include \u003ci\u003eBlind Date: Sex and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, and, with Jacques Derrida, \u003ci\u003eOf Hospitality\u003c\/i\u003e. Dufourmantelle's death while seeking to rescue two children caught in a rip-tide attracted worldwide attention. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherine Malabou (Foreword By) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Catherine Malabou, holder of Visiting Chairs in numerous North American universities, teaches philosophy at the CRMEP (Center for Research in Modern European Philosophy) at Kingston University (UK). The most recent of her books are, \u003ci\u003eChanging Difference: The Feminine in Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, and, with Judith Butler, \u003ci\u003eYou Will Be My Body for Me\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 06, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63219095470429,"sku":"9780823279609","price":39.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1025\/5558\/2813\/files\/Vzl4R093SW9jN3h2bWowdE5EcGp0QT09.webp?v=1769539965","url":"https:\/\/novellybooks.com\/products\/power-of-gentleness-meditations-on-the-risk-of-living-paperback","provider":"Novelly Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}