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Who Says Anything about Winning?: Eight Exercises in Philosophical Resignation

Who Says Anything about Winning?: Eight Exercises in Philosophical Resignation

Matejcková, Tereza
Hoskins, Stuart John
Spirk, Jaroslav

Paperback

Series: Václav Havel

Philosophy

PREORDER - Expected ship date October 23, 2026

ISBN10: 8024662701
ISBN13: 9788024662701
Publisher: Karolinum Press, Charles University
Published: Oct 23 2026
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.00
Language: English

A contemporary philosophical argument that boldly proposes resignation as the path to a fully realized self.

Traditional cultures have exercises that teach people discipline. Even modern philosophers, Hegel, Nietzsche, and Kierkegaard, paid special attention to striving for spirituality, although outside religious frameworks. However, if we are to grow, a more relaxed relationship to the self may be beneficial; hence the notion of resignation. A resigned will is not weak; it can resist itself and others. Such resignation is a man's defense against becoming a mere element in a sequence of events. Art, philosophy, and mainly freedom all rely on the ability to create distance. In Who Says Anything about Winning?, Tereza Matejcková offers more than a history of a notion or a thematic reading of the legacy of respected thinkers; she offers a fresh view of self-acceptance and growth.

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