ABSTRACT

In this book, the author leads a journey through the depths of authentic sorrow, longing, and despair. Daring us to face death unflinchingly, the author imparts courage to spin in the vortex of personal and collective grief.

part I|73 pages

chapter One|19 pages

Grief: The algebra of loss

chapter Four|15 pages

Gone crazy

part II|47 pages

Three Concrete Studies on Death in the Family

part III|33 pages

chapter Eight|5 pages

Foundation and framework

chapter Nine|11 pages

The depressive position

chapter Ten|13 pages

Re-visioning death: In Heidegger

part IV|97 pages

chapter Eleven|19 pages

Towards an alternative approach to intervention

chapter Twelve|10 pages

Divorce

chapter Thirteen|21 pages

Malignant currency

chapter Fourteen|18 pages

On suicide

chapter Fifteen|15 pages

On murder in Albert Camus

chapter Sixteen|9 pages

On Racism: Who is my neighbour?

part V|70 pages

Sorrow’s Kindred Phenomena

chapter Seventeen|11 pages

Mercy and revenge 15

chapter Eighteen|10 pages

Regret

chapter Nineteen|11 pages

Regret themes

chapter Twenty|8 pages

Excursus into time and memory

chapter Twenty One|7 pages

Unmasking regret’s lie

chapter Twenty Two|9 pages

On longing: In Rumi, and Lorca

chapter Twenty Three|8 pages

Unconcluding reflections