TY - BOOK ID - 91625530 TI - Light in dark times : the human search for meaning AU - Waterston, Alisse AU - Corden, Charlotte PY - 2020 SN - 9781487526405 9781487508852 1487508859 1487526407 PB - Toronto : University of Toronto press, DB - UniCat KW - Anthropology KW - Anthropology. KW - Art and anthropology KW - Art and anthropology. KW - Meaning (Philosophy) KW - Meaning (Philosophy). KW - Anthropology and art KW - Philosophy KW - Semantics (Philosophy) KW - Human beings KW - #SBIB: KW - #SBIB:39A5 KW - #SBIB:1H30 KW - #SBIB:309H241 KW - Kunst, habitat, materiële cultuur en ontspanning KW - Filosofie van de mens, wijsgerige antropologie KW - Andere media: functies, genres, historiek KW - Primitive societies KW - Social sciences UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:91625530 AB - "What will become of us in these trying times? How will we pass the time that we have on earth? In gorgeously rendered graphic form, Light in Dark Times invites readers to consider these questions by exploring the political catastrophes and moral disasters of the past and present, revealing issues that beg to be studied, understood, confronted, and resisted. A profound work of anthropology and art, this book is for anyone yearning to understand the darkness and hoping to hold onto the light. It is a powerful story of encounters with writers, philosophers, activists, and anthropologists whose words are as meaningful today as they were during the times in which they were written. This book is at once a lament over the darkness of our times, an affirmation of the value of knowledge and introspection, and a consideration of truth, lies, and the dangers of the trivial. In a time when many of us struggle with the feeling that we cannot do enough to change the course of the future, this book is a call to action, asking us to envision and create an alternative world from the one in which we now live. Light in Dark Times is beautiful to look at and to hold--an exquisite work of art that is lively, informative, enlightening, deeply moving, and inspiring."-- ER -