{"product_id":"in-the-eyes-of-god-a-study-on-the-culture-of-suffering-paperback","title":"In the Eyes of God: A Study on the Culture of Suffering - 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\u003eFernando Escalante Gonzalbo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Every culture needs to appropriate the universal truth of human suffering,\" says Fernando Escalante, \". . . to give its own meaning to this suffering, so that human existence is bearable.\" Originally published in Spanish as \u003ci\u003eLa mirada de Dios: Estudios sobre la cultura del sufrimiento\u003c\/i\u003e, this book is a remarkable study of the evolution of the culture of suffering and the different elements that constitute it, beginning with a reading of Rousseau and ending with the appearance of the Shoah in the Western consciousness-\"The memory endures, and this constitutes a fundamental transition for the Western conscience: we have witnessed.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on writings from the Greeks to Cervantes, Voltaire to Nietzsche, and Freud to William James, Escalante combines his considerable knowledge of politics and political theory with a vast array of literary examples to arrive at an intellectual understanding of the history and meaning of suffering. His investigation encompasses the rise of popular politics, the role of messianism in modern nationalism, and the contemporary implications of the Shoah.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book will appeal to a wide audience: students of political theory, humanism, and philosophy, as well as the general reader interested in a glimpse into the mind of a highly original Latin American thinker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFERNANDO ESCALANTE GONZALBO is Professor of International Relations at El Colegio de México.JESSICA C. LOCKE is Professor of Literature at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Mexico City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 276\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 8.98 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42111582306384,"sku":"9780292714335","price":57.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/Mnp2ZVRNQzJHYVBaaFhycW44NjdwUT09.webp?v=1772592397","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/in-the-eyes-of-god-a-study-on-the-culture-of-suffering-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}