Wieczne tęsknoty za rajem, czyli odwieczna potrzeba bytu. Komentarz do polskiego wydania „W poszukiwaniu raju” Jeana Delumeau
Eternal Longings for Paradise, or the Eternal Need of Being. A Commentary to the Polish Edition of “Á la recherche du paradis” by Jean Delumeau

Summary/Abstract: What does contemporary man long for? What is the object of his desire? What constitutes his Paradise? These questions – posed principally today, in an age of an authentic political, economic, and social crisis pertaining to the “to be or not to be” of mankind and the world – are by no means unsubstantiated. The author discusses the significance of works by Jean Delumeau, and in particular Á la recherche du paradis (2010), recently translated into Polish and published. In the wake of three capacious volumes dedicated to “quests in the domain of hope”, i.e. Le Jardin des délices (1992), Mille ans de bonheur (1995), and Que reste-t-il du paradis? (2000), their author opted for ostensibly somewhat lighter matter, namely, the sphere of the imagination and its images. Delumeau deals with, and has fun with symbols and images, decoding the meanings of assorted representations of Paradise.

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