American Misfit: In Search of Reality - Rilegato

Motyka, Matthew

 
9781966214090: American Misfit: In Search of Reality
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ISBN 10: 196621409X ISBN 13: 9781966214090
Casa editrice: Common Ground Research Networks, 2025

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American Misfit: In Search of Reality interweaves personal experience with key historical events from the past half-century, showing how they shape individual consciousness. Grounded in Paul Ricoeur's theory of narrative-which sees storytelling as essential to understanding our world-Matthew Motyka recounts his multicultural journey. Raised in communist Poland, he spent his twenties in France before moving to the United States. Though he thrives as an immigrant, he confronts a lingering question: Why does America, generous to outsiders, resist being fully loved?

In search of answers, Motyka looks to European intellectuals such as Simone Weil, Leszek Kołakowski, Tzvetan Todorov, and Alain Finkielkraut, whose reflections on uprootedness, immigration, and alienation shed light on his own experience. This juxtaposition of personal story and historical context reveals the profound influence of global events on individual identity-and the difficulty of ever fully belonging to one's adopted home.

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Editore
Common Ground Research Networks
Data di pubblicazione
2025
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
196621409X
ISBN 13 
9781966214090
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
146
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