Nel castello di Barbablù

Intellect and feeling were, literally, fascinated by the prospect of a purging fire. Steiner gives us a rhapsody on decline and the perils of relativism. He delivers such in a series of lectures, all culled from the classic Steiner template. People are no longer literate, they are surrounded by loud Leggi tutto

George Steiner, the polysyllabic polymath, is easy to make fun of — and I have to confess, I can hardly read him any more. But for at least 20 years I bought everything he wrote, immersed myself in his Deep Thoughts (always expressed in his over-determined, comically qualified, trademark apocalyptic Leggi tutto

Steiner is a wonderful writer; his prose is rich with allusion, concisely learned, grave in its movements. It does sometimes approach a self-serving melodrama, as James Wood once famously noted; it could stand to be aerated by some humor--even, in keeping with its classical bearings, if only of high Leggi tutto

I found this book to be similar in content to Two Cultures by C.P. Snow except for it was published later. Perhaps I'm missing a good deal of Steiner's point but it seems to me to be merely a slightly revised version of of Snow's text except it deals with a wider (Western European rather than only B Leggi tutto

Multe din ideile lui Steiner au fost realizate deja și depășite de evoluția continuă și de neoprit a societății (vorba gînditorului: "evoluția" odată începută e de neoprit), dar faptul că au fost premeditate sau precedate aceste realități merită toată admirația. Însă alte gânduri și subiecte bine tă Leggi tutto

The blind spot which motivates the argument in this book is so extreme that one might suspect the author of dishonesty. I was actually with him at the beginning as he described how a disillusionment swept Europe after the French Revolution. Great hopes were placed in a total reorganization of society Leggi tutto

Leer a Steiner siempre será un desafío crítico, estilístico e ideológico. Decidí empezar con este libro ya que fue lo que encontré en el mercado y es uno de sus textos iniciales que cimenta su idea de decadencia y pesimismo cultural. Antes de atacarlo con fiereza recordemos que es un texto de 1971 q Leggi tutto

Bu incecik kitap bir günde bitti. George Steiner'i ilk kez okudum, bazı fikirleri gerçekten çok ilginçti, özellikle Avrupa'daki antisemitizmin nedenine dair yaklaşımı. İş Kültür'de hep gördüğüm Tragedyanın Ölümü kitabını da almayı düşünüyorum artık. Karşılaştırmalı edebiyatçıların çalışma tarzını se Leggi tutto

Ik moet toegeven dat het eerste wat me op de cover van dit boek – uitgegeven bij Agathon in 1977; een tweede druk verscheen onder de titel Een seizoen in de hel: over de toekomst van het Westen bij De Haan in 1984 – opviel de naam ‘Steiner’ was. ‘Steiner’ zoals in Rudolf Steiner, was mijn eerste ged Leggi tutto