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The Nothing That Is and the Nothing That Is Not

On Death, Dying, and Suffering

Steven Carter author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University Press of America

Published:20th Oct '04

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The Nothing That Is and the Nothing That Is Not is the final volume in a trilogy on interpretations of otherness in the postmodern era. The first two volumes are A Do-It-Yourself Dystopia: The Americanization of Big Brother (University Press of America, 2002) and Leopards in the Temple: Selected Essays 1990-2000 (University Press of America, 2001).

Persuasive...exquisite...heroic... * Bridges *
If, as Umberto Eco writes and as Steven Carter seems to prove, every 'narrative world' enjoys the same dignity of existence as every other world, then why shouldn't the world of the reader, with all its silent presences, be included among Carter's narrated ones? Understood this way, Carter's book becomes a profound, potentially never-ending text that involves the personal experience of whomever reads it. 'The Nothing That Is and The Nothing That Is Not' is one of those works, very rare but very necessary, that underscores in serious fashion the human need to re-discover the precious space of our authenticity and spirituality. -- Franca Gerli, from the foreword

ISBN: 9780761830023

Dimensions: 215mm x 151mm x 12mm

Weight: 204g

150 pages