The Call of Character : Living a Life Worth Living

Should We Feel Inadequate When We Fail To Be Healthy, Balanced, And Well-adjusted? Ruti Critiques The Search For Personal Meaning And Pragmatic Attempts To Normalize Human Beings' Unruly And Idiosyncratic Natures. Should We Feel Inadequate When We Fail To Be Healthy, Balanced, And Well-adjusted? Is It Realistic Or Even Desirable To Strive For Such An Existential Equilibrium? Condemning Our Current Cultural Obsession With Cheerfulness And Positive Thinking, Mari Ruti Calls For A Resurrection Of Character That Honors Our More Eccentric Frequencies And Argues That Sometimes A Tormented And Anxiety-ridden Life Can Also Be Rewarding. Ruti Critiques The Search For Personal Meaning And Pragmatic Attempts To Normalize Human Beings' Unruly And Idiosyncratic Natures. Exposing The Tragic Banality Of A Happy Life Commonly Lived, She Instead Emphasizes The Advantages Of A Lopsided Life Rich In Passion And Fortitude. She Also Shows What Matters Is Not Our Ability To Evade Existential Uncertainty But Our Courage To Meet Adversity In Such A Way That We Do Not Become Irrevocably Broken. We Are In Danger Of Losing The Capacity To Cope With Complexity, Ambiguity, Melancholia, Disorientation, And Disappointment, Ruti Warns, Leaving Us Feeling Less Real And Less Connected And Unable To Process A Full Range Of Emotions. Heeding The Call Of Our Character Means Acknowledging The Marginalized, Chaotic Aspects Of Our Being, And It Is Precisely These Creative Qualities That Make Us Inimitable And Irreplaceable. -- Publisher's Description. Pt. I The Art Of Self-fashioning -- 1.the Call Of Character -- 2.the Process Of Becoming -- 3.the Specificity Of Desire -- Pt. Ii The Art Of Self-responsibility-- 4.the Blueprints Of Behavior -- 5.the Alchemy Of Relationality -- 6.the Ethics Of Responsibility -- Pt. Iii The Art Of Self-surrender -- 7.the Swerve Of Passion -- 8.the Upside Of Anxiety -- 9.the Erotics Of Being. Mari Ruti. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Should we feel inadequate for failing to be healthy, balanced, and well-adjusted? Is such an existential equilibrium realistic or even desirable? Condemning our cultural obsession with cheerfulness and "positive thinking," Mari Ruti calls for a resurrection of character that honors our more eccentric frequencies, arguing that sometimes the most tormented and anxiety-ridden life can also be the most rewarding. Ruti critiques our current search for personal meaning and the pragmatic attempt to normalize human beings' unruly and idiosyncratic natures. Exposing the tragic banality of a happy life commonly lived, she instead emphasizes the advantages of a lopsided life rich in passion and fortitude. Ruti shows what counts is not our ability to evade existential uncertainty but to meet adversity in such a way that we do not become irrevocably broken. We are in danger of losing the capacity to cope with complexity, ambiguity, melancholia, disorientation, and disappointment, leaving us feeling less "real," less connected, and unable to metabolize a full range of emotions. Heeding the call of our character may mean acknowledging the marginalized, chaotic aspects of our being, for they carry a great deal of creative energy. Ruti shows it is precisely this energy that makes us inimitable and irreplaceable. "Should we feel inadequate when we fail to be healthy, balanced, and well-adjusted? Is it realistic or even desirable to strive for such an existential equilibrium? Condemning our current cultural obsession with cheerfulness and "positive thinking," Mari Ruti calls for a resurrection of character that honors our more eccentric frequencies and argues that sometimes a tormented and anxiety-ridden life can also be rewarding. Ruti critiques the search for personal meaning and pragmatic attempts to normalize human beings' unruly and idiosyncratic natures. Exposing the tragic banality of a happy life commonly lived, she instead emphasizes the advantages of a lopsided life rich in passion and fortitude. She also shows what matters is not our ability to evade existential uncertainty but our courage to meet adversity in such a way that we do not become irrevocably broken. We are in danger of losing the capacity to cope with complexity, ambiguity, melancholia, disorientation, and disappointment, Ruti warns, leaving us feeling less "real" and less connected and unable to process a full range of emotions. Heeding the call of our character means acknowledging the marginalized, chaotic aspects of our being, and it is precisely these creative qualities that make us inimitable and irreplaceable."--Jacket Should we feel inadequate for failing to be healthy, balanced, and well-adjusted? Is such an existential equilibrium realistic or even desirable? Condemning our cultural obsession with cheerfulness and?positive thinking," Mari Ruti calls for a resurrection of character that honors our more eccentric frequencies, arguing that sometimes the most tormented and anxiety-ridden life can also be the most rewarding. Ruti critiques our current search for personal meaning and the pragmatic attempt to normalize human beings' unruly and idiosyncratic natures. Exposing the tragic banality of a happy life commonly lived, she instead emphasizes the advantages of a lopsided life rich in passion and fortitude. She also shows what matters is not our ability to evade existential uncertainty but our courage to meet adversity in such a way that we do not become irrevocably broken Should we feel inadequate for failing to be healthy, balanced, and well-adjusted? Is such an existential equilibrium realistic or even desirable? Condemning our cultural obsession with cheerfulness and "positive thinking," Mari Ruti calls for a resurr PSY003000,Psychology/Applied Psychology,SOC025000,Social Science/Social Work