Published: 2024-08-01

The Death Knell for Joy?

Tamara Trojanowska
Section: Articles and Studies
https://doi.org/10.31261/FLPI.2024.08.07

Abstract

The essay explores the puzzling relationship between joy and the problems of postmodern culture, which affect the quality of our being in the world. Reflection on the precarious status of joy and its uncertain position in contemporary culture allows for a unique perspective on this relationship. The higher the political, economic and social stakes, the more the search for joy becomes a search for meaning, an essential nourishment for cultural forms. Such joy, filtered through our struggles with life’s challenges, compels us to examine the consequences of its absence (pain, suffering, joyless existence) and its manifestations in art (music), religion (Christianity), and philosophy (freedom). The power of joy lies in recognizing the inevitable imperfection of all solutions to our problems that do not include it as a fundamental component of life.

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Trojanowska, T. (2024). The Death Knell for Joy?. Fabrica Litterarum Polono-Italica, (2(8), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.31261/FLPI.2024.08.07

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No. 2(8) (2024)
Published: 2024-10-22


eISSN: 2658-185X
Ikona DOI 10.31261/FLPI

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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