We scale the heights of delight and despair to gain new perspective on Agony and Ecstasy. What role do bliss and ecstasy play in our personal and political lives? How do we navigate situations of extreme pain and torment? Does happiness lie in the pursuit of ecstasy or balance?
From dizzying highs of rapturous ecstasy to staggering lows of anguish and despair, a great many of us might be forgiven for feeling that modern life seems to increasingly trend towards states of extremity and immoderation. But where does that leave us in navigating our sense of self in the world, and our interactions with others in society? Are fleeting highs the best we can hope for in life? And what toll does the exhausting search for greatness take upon our wellbeing?
The Agony and the Ecstasy
What role do bliss and ecstasy play in our personal and political lives? How do we navigate situations of extreme pain and torment?
Issue 67, 1st June 2018
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