The Way of Suffering: A Geography of Crisis

by Jerome A. Miller

Book Overview

This book can best be described as an extended meditation on suffering, phenomenological in method and dialectical in point of view. The angle the author takes is that of moral self-examination rather that conventional scholarly inquiry, and his aim is to think through and evaluate a fundamental claim of our culture, from Aeschylus to Solzhenitsyn, that suffering is the greatest spiritual teacher.

To bring the argument closer to home, Professor...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087840466X
• ISBN13: 9780878404667
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

An incredible metaphysical journey.

Miller works through many of the major myths of the self in a very dramatic and convincing way. The journey of self-realization is full of twists and paradoxes and he paints them in vivid detail.

A Must Read!

This is literally the finest work ever on a subject as intriguing as a crisis. I read the first few pages and knew i was not going to sleep at ALL that night (or the next day for that matter because it is a pretty hefty book). Kudos to Jerry Miller and his tireless efforts.