{"product_id":"the-plague-living-death-in-our-times-paperback","title":"The Plague: Living Death in Our Times - 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\u003eJacqueline Rose\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA slim, heart-wrenching, and rousing new book from the leading feminist writer Jacqueline Rose.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn early 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic began to infiltrate public consciousness, sales of \u003ci\u003eThe Plague\u003c\/i\u003e, the classic novel by French philosopher Albert Camus, skyrocketed. At the same time, the virus's toll surged exponentially. Amid the harrowing loss, many sensed a glimmer of possibility--the potential for radical empathy wrought by shared experience--even as the death-dealing divisions of class, race, gender, and citizenship were underscored like never before. We have been through a time of 'living death' when, for millions across the globe, untold horror has seemed to infiltrate the very air we breathe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJacqueline Rose's trenchant new book unravels recent history via the lives and works of three extraordinary thinkers--Albert Camus, Sigmund Freud, and Simone Weil, each one afflicted by catastrophe. Their politics and private griefs, the depth of their understanding, fling open a window into our present crises. Rose, one of the most insightful thinkers on politics and psychoanalysis alike, has written a story of unusual range, spanning World War II to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, surging domestic violence to emboldened anti-racist protest, the Spanish influenza to Omicron, Boris Johnson's deranged optimism to Vladimir Putin's megalomania. \u003ci\u003eThe Plague: Living Death in Our Times\u003c\/i\u003e enacts a psychic reckoning for our moment and for the future to be forged in its aftermath.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacqueline Rose \u003c\/b\u003eis one of the most important living feminist literary and cultural critics. She is the codirector of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, a cofounder of Independent Jewish Voices, and a fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Literary Society. Rose is a frequent contributor to the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eof Books \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, among many other publications. She is the celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eSexuality in the\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eField of Vision\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Sylvia Plath\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStates of Fantasy, Women in\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eDark Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMothers: An Essay on Love and Cruelty\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOn Violence and On Violence Against Women\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.6 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48792054923512,"sku":"9781250338334","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/xnIWYXqgN9781250338334.webp?v=1780461997","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/the-plague-living-death-in-our-times-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}