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Revuelta y resignación: Acerca del envejecer

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Sin estar legitimado por otra cosa que no sea una cierta propensión a reflexionar y, quizás, alguna práctica en ello, propongo algunos ensayos sobre el envejecer del ser humano. Ensayos que no se han de entender como experimentos, sino más bien como un ir tras las huellas de algo que para la razón analítica a priori parecía imposible encontrar. Mis reflexiones acerca de este tema no tienen nada que ver con la geriatría. Trato en ellas de la persona que envejece en su relación con el tiempo, con el propio cuerpo, con la sociedad, con la civilización y, finalmente, con la muerte. Quien espere afirmaciones concretas en el sentido de las ciencias positivas, conocimientos que le puedan ayudar a organizarse la vida en un estadio determinado, el del envejecer, quedará decepcionado con este libro; no he podido aspirar a nada semejante.

152 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1968

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Jean Améry

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Jean Améry (October 31, 1912 – October 17, 1978), born Hanns Chaim Mayer, was an Austrian essayist whose work was often informed by his experiences during World War II.
Formerly a philosophy and literature student in Vienna, Améry's participation in organized resistance against the Nazi occupation of Belgium resulted in his detainment and torture by the German Gestapo, and several years of imprisonment in concentration camps. Améry survived internments in Auschwitz and Buchenwald, and was finally liberated at Bergen-Belsen in 1945. After the war he settled in Belgium.
His most celebrated work, At the Mind's Limits: Contemplations by a Survivor on Auschwitz and Its Realities (1966), suggests that torture was "the essence" of the Third Reich. Other notable works included On Aging (1968) and On Suicide: A Discourse on Voluntary Death (1976). Améry killed himself in 1978.

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733 reviews147 followers
May 21, 2024
Ovo je jedna stvarno posebna knjiga rekla bih, jedna od onih poticajnih... koje nenametljivo tjeraju na razmišljanje. Jedna od onih koje su svevremenske, ona koja nema rok trajanja, koje će uvijek imati svoju istu vrijednost, ona koja se može uvijek iznova čitati i iščitati nove teze.

Améry nam daje primjere, kao da razgovara s nama dajući nam često činjenice o životu koje su neraskidivo povezane sa smrću. Jedno bez drugog ne ide... Ali ne nameće svoja razmišljanja, prostire ih pred nas i pušta da sami sa sobom dođemo do zaključka o životu, tj. smrti.

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3,159 reviews
September 29, 2016
One finds oneself astounded at Amery's erudition, and this serves to lull one into a sort of trance while reading this book. Suddenly one awakens to discover that he has led one to the point of considering death in all its negative negation. Yes, I die makes sense only in the past tense - died.

A most stimulating book, that like youth will probably be wasted on the young. That being said, the aged while relish its quiet insights.
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Author 7 books56 followers
November 4, 2022
A. își pipăie cine știe ce loc dureros sau se uită stăruitor, reflexiv, la pielea asprită de pe picior. El simte nedeslușit, profund ambiguu și contradictoriu, fără a reuși aproape niciodată să ajungă până la gândul formulat în cuvinte, la ceva de genul acesta: Vai, biet picior, care m-ai purtat printr-o lume plină de străzi, munți, pietre de caldarâm și pedale de accelerație! Acum timpul și munca v-au sleit de puteri și nu mai faceți față, ați obosit amândoi, la fel ca și inima care nu-mi îngăduie să urc câte două trepte deodată.
Picior păcătos, inimă neascultătoare, stomac rebel: mie îmi faceți rău, potrivnicilor, tocmai mie, care aș vrea deopotrivă să vă pipăi, să vă ocrotesc, să vă căinez și să vă smulg din trup și să vă schimb cu altele. Mă ia cu amețeală la gândul că sunt piciorul meu, inima mea, stomacul meu, că sunt toate celulele mele vii, dar care se reînnoiesc doar trândav, și că totuși nu mai sunt ele, că-mi devin tot mai străin pe măsură ce mă apropii de ele, devenind astfel, totuși, eu însumi.
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13 reviews3 followers
April 13, 2018
Taking about aging with no whitewash, no self-pity, no self-cheat and deep insight.
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175 reviews9 followers
August 21, 2024
Cuánta lucidez en las palabras de Amery. Lapidario. Cioran y Nietzsche se manifiestan a través de estas páginas para describir el proceso devastador del envejecer.
A ratos radical, en otros bajo el manto del sarcasmo, pero siempre en un diálogo profundo acerca d eun tema que por incómodo casi nadie aborda con la claridad que hay en esta serie de ensayos.
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303 reviews
November 11, 2022
Rozkoszna lektura na buchającą wiosnę, która zawsze może okazać się tą ostatnią. Analizy pogłębione, rozważne oraz filuterne. Można czytać zarówno dla urody tekstu, jak i chęci zachowania własnej. Nic tak nie ujędrnia skóry jak myśli o śmierci i rozkładzie!
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65 reviews
August 30, 2021
Libro corto y medianamente denso, recoge un conjunto de ensayos que desarrollan las ideas del autor tales como su conceptualización del tiempo, la edad social, y diversas implicaciones de lo que es el proceso del envejecimiento y la muerte.

El prólogo cumple bastante bien su papel tanto de introducción como de carta de presentación, diría que leerlo es suficiente para convencerse si adentrarse en el libro o no.
Creo que el primer ensayo, "Existencia y transcurso del tiempo" hace un buen trabajo para iniciar la lectura con un tono determinante que solo vi flaquear en uno de los ensayos.
Aun así, todas las ideas contenidas en el libro me parecieron interesantes: me hizo pensar mucho y escribir mucho, me dio un amplio espacio para experimentar con mis pensamientos.

Al terminarlo me sumergí en un estado de profunda reflexión, como si no pudiera procesar lo que había terminado de leer, un estado que encuentro muy placentero. Me cuestioné si no estaba exagerando y sin responderme comencé a escribir esta pequeña reseña.

Es probable que vuelva a leerlo varias veces hasta antes que me toque adentrarme a la nulidad.
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59 reviews
July 13, 2022
During its best parts, On Aging was a 4; during its worst, it was a 2.

One of the most intellectually challenging (and stimulating) books I've ever read, it was hard to consume OA in anything but fairly small increments.

The fact that the essays were originally composed and delivered as monologues over radio does not boost comprehension, but I enjoyed the writing's richness: there were plenty of references to philosophical concepts, works of literature/art, and general culture from which I could learn.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u...
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307 reviews135 followers
October 6, 2025
Kai perskaičiau šio autoriaus „Apie savavališką mirtį“, užsimaniau daugiau. Nenuvylė ir šita. Neglaisto, nevynioja į vatą senėjimo temos. Atskiri skyriai skirti laikui, socialiniam amžiui, mirčiai. Labiausiai patraukė apie tai, kaip mes kultūriškai senstame. „Senstantys jau nebesupranta pasaulio, pasaulis, kurį jie kažkada suprato, jau nebeegzistuoja.“
Dar apie mirtį: „Visi nepagydomos ligos simptomai gali būti susieti su nesuprantamais mirties viruso, kurį mes turime nuo pat gimimo, padariniais. Jaunystėje jis nebuvo pavojingas. Mes, žinoma, apie jį žinojome, bet mums tai buvo nesvarbu. Senstant jis išeina iš latentinės būsenos.“
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Author 7 books131 followers
October 10, 2017
"L’autore di queste righe non ha alcun rapporto con l’assurda speranza – che solo nella mediazione della mitologia può avere un qualche senso – di una vita dopo la morte. È perfettamente d’accordo con Jean Rostand, il quale in termini semplici ma persuasivi ha detto: «Quando cadremo, credo che sarà per sempre, e che non potremo poi rialzarci come gli attori uccisi in scena.»" (p. 134)
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768 reviews15 followers
July 17, 2022
Published in 1968: this is one man’s depressing insight into aging. Sadly, there’s truth in his words -

“You don’t get prettier when you get older.” (p67)
“Aging people get ugly.” (p67)

:(

Last 2 chapters dragged on so I skimmed.

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58 reviews1 follower
December 8, 2024
Ogrom erudycji, niektóre wnioski tak do bólu prawdziwe, że uwierzenie w nie zajmowało chwilę. Gdybym nie musiała tego czytać na zajęcia, to być może kiedyś bym się na ten esej natknęła, niemniej z pewnością warto go docenić
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130 reviews1 follower
May 28, 2024
Actually way better than his On Suicide.. but not a lot about revolt here at all. Still, his discussion of social death makes this more than worth the read.
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575 reviews21 followers
July 20, 2016
I read this book and left it for a couple of days before adding it to my shelf on goodreads and for the life of me, I can't even remember what it was all about so I guess it wasn't that memorable, important, or good for me. I don't remember not liking it though, so I guess I'll say it was OK. But I can't say it will make a difference in my aging process. I'll grow old anyway whether I read this book or not.
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