...And the World Should be Made a Desert

162 Pages·2016·9.985 MB·English

by  Saitya Brata Das

...And the World Should be Made a Desert
Fragments on Art, Philosophy and Life
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...And the World Should be Made a Desert
Fragments on Art, Philosophy and Life
Saitya Brata Das
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Achia Anzi
...AND THE WORLD SHOULD BE MADE A DESERT:
Fragments on Art, Philosophy and Life
Saitya Brata Das
© Author 2016
First Published 2016
ISBN 978-93-5002-461-4
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For the Followers of My Facebook Posts
—Saitya Brata Das
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I find nothing salutary in today's ethos of celebration of the world as it is:
the glorification of a civilization consummated technologically, and absorbed
in the most vulgar triumphalism. I, on other hand, would like to cultivate a
severe critique of the world, and prefer that one day the apocalypse ought to
really come. My philosophy is a disinvestment in the world, to make it poor
and empty: all worldly attributes are there to be subtracted, and the world
should be made a desert.
From “Critiques of the World”
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Contents
Prologue 11
1. Eternal and Temporal 14
2. Flowers of Tears 22
3. The Fragile Word 34
4. The Fruit of Death 46
5. Poetry of the Earth 52
6. The Sea of Solitude 56
7. The Naked Being 60
8. The Tongue of Fire 78
9. Critiques of the World 82
10. The Life of the Spirit 114
11. The Father and Son 130
12. A Dialogue Between an Artist and a Writer 136
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