Lessons in exile / by Carlos Pereda ; translated from the Spanish by Sean Manning.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pereda, Carlos, 1944- author.

Series:

Value inquiry book series. Philosophy in Spain ; 323.

Value Inquiry Book Series / Philosophy in Spain ; 323

Standardized Title:

Aprendizajes del exilio. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Refugees.

Exile (Punishment).

Physical Description:

viii, 116 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill-Rodopi, [2019]

Language Note:

Translated from the Spanish.

Summary:

Lessons in Exile won the 2007 Siglo XXI International Essay Prize. The work is unique in its outlook on exile and offers remarkable insights into its subject. The book discusses with depth and exactness the phenomenon of exile from the combined perspectives of philosophy, morality, politics, literature, anthropology, and history.0After an historical survey and the use of testimonies and literary materials, the book offers a comprehensive discussion of exile and subjectivity, as well as the many moral and political implications of this notion. It concludes by drawing many thought-provoking connections between exile and the way we assume our lives.

Contents:

1 Words, Words, Words p. 4

"Our Bones are Dried Up"-"Build Houses and Dwell in Them" p. 6

"I Am a Foreigner in Every Land"-"In Every Land I Am at Home" p. 9

Demands from Different Directions p. 14

I Present Certain Propositions to Instill Order in the Detours Taken throughout this Reflection, (and, at the Same Time, I Leave behind Various Loose Ends that Will Later Grant Access to Exile's Indirect Lessons) p. 17

Reasons for and against Certain Cosmopolitanisms p. 20

2 Testimonies and Metatestimonies p. 23

Testimonies of Injustice p. 24

The Difficult and Infuriating Art of Self-interruption p. 24

Metatestimonies p. 26

3 Exile as Loss p. 32

There Is a Time to Be Involved and a Time to Step Away p. 40

4 Exile as Resistance p. 43

There Is a Time to Resist and a Time to Break with the Situation Being Resisted as Well as with Resistance Itself p. 54

5 Exile as a New Beginning p. 58

There Is a Time to Welcome, Even Encourage, Large and Small Discontinuities in Our Experience and a Time to Carry on with Already Proven Plans and Deep-Seated Routines p. 71

6 Words Say, Words Resonate p. 77

Arrogant Reasoning p. 77

Comparisons, Metaphors, Analogies, Abstractions, Perspectives... On the Varying Resonations of Some Uses of Words Like "Exile," "Loss," "Resistance" and "New Beginning" p. 82

An Usher for Loss p. 82

7 Nomadic Cultures and Personhood p. 86

Cultural Storerooms p. 88

Two Kinds of Practical Norms p. 94

The Dilemma of Personhood p. 103

Capacity for Judgment p. 106.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-112) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Pereda, Carlos, 1944- author. Lessons in exile

ISBN:

9789004385146

9004385142

OCLC:

1083107728