Loneliness as a Way of Life

by Thomas Dumm

Book Overview

"What does it mean to be lonely?" Thomas Dumm asks. His inquiry, documented in this book, takes us beyond social circumstances and into the deeper forces that shape our very existence as modern... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067403113X
• ISBN13: 9780674031135
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 193 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

How we are possessed by our possessions, how we love, how we grieve

"Loneliness as a Way of Life" is on the ROROTOKO list of cutting-edge intellectual nonfiction. Professor Dumm's book interview was published on [..] on December 16, 2008.

This book may surprise you.

Though it announces itself as a book about a depressing subject, LONELINESS AS A WAY OF LIFE is surprisingly uplifting Professor Thomas Dumm, who is best know for his academic political works, (including POLITICS OF THE ORDINARY and DEMOCRACY AND PUNISHMENT) does not hide behind his footnotes in this book. In fact, he does not shy away from weaving his own life story into the discussions of great literary and cinematic works and the state of our political world. The result is a narrative that is as intellectual as it is emotional. As thought provoking as it is accessible. It may not be an easy book to read--it is, after all, about loneliness--but this book is truly worth reading. And, then, it is worth rereading.