The Eros of Everyday Life Essays on Ecology, Gender and Society

by GRIFFIN, SUSAN

• ISBN13: 9780385473996
• ISBN10: 0385473990
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-08-01
• Publisher: Anchor

Summary

In her award-winning examination of the nature of war,A Chorus of Stones, critically acclaimed author and feminist Susan Griffin showed new ways of thinking about society and war, about private and public lives. InThe Eros of Everyday Life, she once again takes readers on a startling journey, showing the profound connections between religion and philosophy, science and nature, Western thought and the role of women, and the supremacy of abstract thought over the forces of life. Featuring the brilliant original title essay that is nothing less than an intellectual and emotional exploration of the nature of Western society itself, as well as Susan Griffin's best previously published essays of the past decade,The Eros of Everyday Lifecombines the beautiful lyricism and sensibility of a poet with the intellectual rigor of one of the finest and most original minds writing today.

Author Biography

The author of more than 20 books, Susan Griffin has won dozens of awards for her work as a poet, feminist writer, essayist, playwright, and filmmaker. Her book A Chorus of Stones was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. The recipient of an Emmy, a MacArthur Grant, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, she is a frequent contributor to Ms. magazine, the New York Times Book Review, and numerous other publications. She lives in Berkeley, California.

Table of Contents

I THE EROS OF EVERYDAY LIFE
Sometimes It Is Named	5	(26)
A Collaborative Intelligence	31	(16)
Being	47	(26)
Place	73	(24)
Beyond	97	(50)
The Eros of Everyday Life	147	(100)
II ESSAYS, 1980--1990
Red Shoes	161	(16)
Where No One Dwells	177	(11)
Inside the Door	188	(9)
The Uncharted Body	197	(6)
Canaries in the Mine	203	(5)
The Internal Athlete	208	(5)
Walking Through Amsterdam	213	(7)
In the Path of the Ideal	220	(3)
Ideologies of Madness	223	(12)
Inheritance of Absence	235	(4)
Something Wants to Be Seen: on the Art of Lenke Rothman	239	(8)
Acknowledgments	247