TY  - GEN
AU  - Heighton,Steven
TI  - The Virtues of Disillusionment
SN  - aupress/9781771993265.01
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Canada
PB  - Athabasca University Press
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - bicssc
KW  - philosophy
KW  - literature
KW  - Canadian literature
KW  - canlit
KW  - writing tips
KW  - how to
KW  - be happy
KW  - reduce stress
KW  - love life
KW  - self-help
KW  - imagination
KW  - inner demons
KW  - ego
N1  - Open Access
N2  - Most people go through life chasing illusions of success, fame, wealth, happiness, and few things are more painful than the reality-revealing loss of an illusion. But if illusions are negative, why is the opposite, being disillusioned, also negative? In this essay based on his inaugural writer-in-residence lecture at Athabasca University, internationally acclaimed writer Steven Heighton mathematically evaluates the paradox of disillusionment and the negative aspects of hope. Drawing on writers such as Herman Melville, Leonard Cohen, Kate Chopin, and Thich Nhat Hanh, Heighton considers the influence of illusions on creativity, art, and society. This meditation on language and philosophy reveals the virtues of being disillusioned and, perhaps, the path to freedom
UR  - https://www.aupress.ca/books/120297-virtues-of-disillusionment-the/
UR  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/72430
ER  -