September 2011
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Book Review: All for Nothing by Rachel K. Ward
Contemporary Decadence and the Trauma of Truth
All for Nothing. Ward, Rachel K. New York: Atropos Press, 2010. 305pp.
Tara Aveilhe
Rachel K. Ward’s thoughtful and challenging 2010 publication, All for Nothing, explores the concept of decadence in contemporary culture through a series of 247 philosophical aphorisms on thematic topics ranging from fortune and vanity to attraction and desire....