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"Agony - A Small Price to Pay?: Thoughts on Tolstoy's 'The Death of Ivan Ilych'" with Claudia Traudt

Kibbitznest
Chicago, IL

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Kibbitznest Liberal Arts Discussions are a collaboration with The University of Chicago Graham School to host presentations and discussions of original research, hosted at Kibbitznest Books, Brews & Blarney.

All proceeds benefit the kibbitznest nonprofit, with a mission to encourage face-to-face communication, inspire conversation, and bring our community together to share insights and philosophies in a Socratic dialogue.

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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About the Discussion:

Leo Tolstoy's 1886 novella, written not too far after his 1870s conversion and turning-up-of-the-burners on his religious thought, is a wonderwork of scathing satire, an expose of the empty and accepted life of a mid-level Russian judge with his family. It is written with delicious and jewel-like precision and is not-infrequently ruefully funny. It is also a truly haunting, revealing plumbing of human psyches - in all their fears, longings, lies to self and others, escapist dodges, and finally, pulverized by the dying torments wracking his Self, spirit, and body, and touched by a few human empathies, in Ivan Ilych's paradoxical, affirming 11th-hour breakthrough. This breakthrough - which is unparticipated - in by anyone else. What's the price, what's the worththe merit? We shall explore richly.

Sponsor: Kibbitznest Books, Brews & Blarney
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CLAUDIA TRAUDT holds an MA from the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. Her art-making, research, and teaching explore modes of creation and perception in word and image. She is the 2006 recipient of the Graham School's Excellence in Teaching Award for the Basic Program.
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