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Overview"From one of Italy's most renowned philosophers and psychoanalysts, an urgent and stirring reflection on violence, morality, and our relationship with the Other What lies at the foundation of human history and society? According to Massimo Recalcati, it is not love for one's neighbor, as preached by Jesus in the Gospels, but the brutality, jealousy, and violence depicted in the story of Cain and Abel. As timely as it is brilliant, this essay examines Cain's murderous act through the lens of psychoanalysis, showing how delusions of self-sufficiency and individual perfection lie at the deepest roots of fear and violence in our societies. True completeness can only be achieved through others--not despite them. This, argues Recalcati, is the lesson of Cain, one that resonates powerfully in our time. ""Recalcati explores the most fundamental of questions--for Cain, Abel, and every human being: can we believe in love?""--La Stampa" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Massimo Recalcati , Will SchuttPublisher: Europa Editions Imprint: Europa Editions Dimensions: Width: 11.90cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 17.80cm Weight: 0.091kg ISBN: 9781609458157ISBN 10: 160945815 Pages: 112 Publication Date: 06 December 2022 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsPraise for The Night in Gethsemane A brilliant, stirring analysis. --La Stampa A book that reads in less than two hours but stays with you forever. --Il Foglio Lively and sharp . . . An invitation to look positively at the loneliness of human experience. --Lettera Author InformationMassimo Recalcati is a psychoanalyst and author who teaches at the universities of Pavia and Verona. His numerous books have been translated in several languages. His latest book to appear in English was The Night in Gethsemane (Europa, 2020). He lives and works in Milan. Will Schutt is the author of Westerly (the Yale Series of Younger Poets) and translator, most recently, of Carlo and Renzo Piano's Atlantis: A Journey in Search of Beauty (Europa, 2020), Andrea Marcolongo's The Ingenious Language (Europa, 2019) and Starting from Scratch (Europa, 2022), and My Life, I Lapped It Up: Selected Poems of Edoardo Sanguineti. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |