Status
Available
Call number
Publication
St Martins Pr (1997), Edition: 1st U.S. ed, 240 pages
Description
The notion of the hermit is a tantalizing one. Ours is an age which seems to be obsessed with relationships: solitude is equated with loneliness and sterility. Freud developed the notion that sexuality naturally demands fulfilment, and frustration leads to deviant behaviour. We now believe that we are born to be social, to interact with others, and to attach ourselves. Hermits stand as a model of another kind of existence, one in which solitude is exalted and leads not to sterility but deeper insight and wisdom.
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LibraryThing member jvalamala
This was such a pleasure. Each chapter reads like another book. Very interesting.
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1997
Physical description
240 p.; 9.75 inches
ISBN
0312155468 / 9780312155469