Résumé
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The times in which we live reek of death: the death of God, of morality, of art, perhaps even that of civilisation and our planet... This doom-mongering tendency threatens not to enlighten us on our situation, but to blind us. We end up unable to distinguish between the 'gold sequins' (Diderot) and the present - something that is clearly more evident in the domain of the arts than elsewhere. The aim of this book is to focus attention on the power of human creativity, notably through contemporary art, even though it is so ridiculed by the new prophets of doom. Beauty is still there for those who know where to find it, and it possesses a moral dimension for beauty inspires us to live and breathe and instils within us a zest to assume responsibility for our own existence, and thereby to choose life rather over nothingness. It also has a religious dimension inasmuch as it alludes to something greater, more beautiful and more alive than itself. Admittedly, the secularisation of our society can dim our perception and make us insensitive to these aspects of beauty but the fact still remains - to those who maintain a spiritual and cultural existence, beauty has never lost its evocative power, and therefore continues to inspire a desire to live, in spite of the 'thousand bitter deaths' that strew our existence.
L'auteur - Paul Valadier
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Caractéristiques techniques
PAPIER | |
Éditeur(s) | Cerf |
Auteur(s) | Paul Valadier |
Collection | Parole presente |
Parution | 16/11/2012 |
Format | 13.6 x 19.6 |
Couverture | Broché |
Poids | 280g |
EAN13 | 9782204099196 |
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