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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Arcade Pub
Publication date
July 14, 2015
Pages
148
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781628725322
ISBN-10
162872532X
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.45 lbs.
Original list price
$14.99
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In Conjunctions and Disjunctions, Octavio Paz offers what he calls his Ârough draftâ for a history of man, which is a history of human nature rather than of men or of cultures and civilizations. For Paz, this history is grounded in the polarity of being and the flux and balance of life. It can be read in the dualities by which we live, the pairs of contrasting concepts or signs by which all cultures organize themselvesÂbody and soul or mind, life and death, eros and thanatos, the sex organs and the face. His book is an exploration of those dualities over time and across traditions, brought together with provocative erudition and a poetâs scintillating insight.
Ranging through Eastern and Western religions, ancient and contemporary civilizations, and subjects as diverse as history, politics, science, and literature, Paz cites saints, philosophers, anthropologists, and psychoanalysts as he teases out the correspondences and contrasts that comprise this history. The final section of his book seeks to assess not only what this world of contrasting signs represents, but where it is headedÂwhat energies in man will help ensure our future.
Ranging through Eastern and Western religions, ancient and contemporary civilizations, and subjects as diverse as history, politics, science, and literature, Paz cites saints, philosophers, anthropologists, and psychoanalysts as he teases out the correspondences and contrasts that comprise this history. The final section of his book seeks to assess not only what this world of contrasting signs represents, but where it is headedÂwhat energies in man will help ensure our future.
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Reprint edition from Arcade Pub (July 14, 2015)
9781628725322 | details & prices | 148 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $14.99
About: In Conjunctions and Disjunctions, Octavio Paz offers what he calls his Ârough draftâ for a history of man, which is a history of human nature rather than of men or of cultures and civilizations.
About: In Conjunctions and Disjunctions, Octavio Paz offers what he calls his Ârough draftâ for a history of man, which is a history of human nature rather than of men or of cultures and civilizations.
from Arcade Pub (April 18, 2011)
9781611454062 | details & prices | 160 pages | List price $14.95
About: Exploring the duality of human nature in all its variations in cultures around the world.
About: Exploring the duality of human nature in all its variations in cultures around the world.
Reprint edition from Arcade Pub (January 18, 1991)
9781559701372 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $13.95
About: Essays discuss human nature, the duality of the divine and the demonic, asceticism, eroticism, and comparisons of civilizations
About: Essays discuss human nature, the duality of the divine and the demonic, asceticism, eroticism, and comparisons of civilizations
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