Light in Dark Times: The Human Search for Meaning

Light in Dark Times is a profound work of anthropology and art that explores political catastrophes and moral disasters of the past and present, revealing issues that beg to be studied, understood, confronted, and resisted. It is 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. It is a call to action, asking us to envision and create an alternative world from the one in which we now live.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 160 pages
Publication date: 17 September 2020
Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Light in Dark Times is a profound work of anthropology and art that invites readers to consider the political catastrophes and moral disasters of the past and present, revealing issues that beg to be studied, understood, confronted, and resisted. 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. The book is 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, the 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.

Weight: 352g
Dimension: 153 x 229 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781487526405