Inventing the Enemy
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Inventing the Enemy

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Inventing the Enemy

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This essay collection by the revered public intellectual displays his " profound erudition, lively wit, and passion for ideas of all shapes and sizes" ( Booklist ). In these fourteen essays, Umberto Eco examines many of the ideas that have inspired his provocative and illuminating fiction. From the title essay—a disquisition of the notion that every country needs an enemy—he takes readers on an exploration of lost islands, mythical realms, and the medieval world. His topics range from indignant reviews of James Joyce's Ulysses by fascist journalists, to an examination of Saint Thomas Aquinas's notions about the soul of an unborn child, to censorship, violence and WikiLeaks. Here are essays full of passion, curiosity, and probing intellect by one of the world's most esteemed scholars and critically acclaimed, best-selling novelists. "True wit and wisdom coexist with fierce scholarship inside Umberto Eco, a writer who actually knows a thing or two about being truly human." — Buffalo News

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Publisher
Mariner Books
Year
2012
ISBN
9780547577609
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literary Essays
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Copyright
  4. Introduction
  5. Inventing the Enemy
  6. Absolute and Relative
  7. The Beauty of the Flame
  8. Treasure Hunting
  9. Fermented Delights
  10. No Embryos in Paradise
  11. Hugo, HĂŠlas!: The Poetics of Excess
  12. Censorship and Silence
  13. Imaginary Astronomies
  14. Living by Proverbs
  15. I Am Edmond Dantès!
  16. Ulysses: That’s All We Needed . . .
  17. Why the Island is Never Found
  18. Thoughts on WikiLeaks
  19. About the Author
  20. Footnotes