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Norman O. Brown

Born

in El Oro, Mexico

September 25, 1913

Died

October 02, 2002

Genre

Philosophy, Literature & Fiction

Influences

Hesiod, Freud, Carl Schorske, Bataille, Isaiah Berlin

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Norman Oliver Brown was an American classicist who is known for his translation and commentaries on the works of Hesiod. A student of Carl Schorske and Isaiah Berlin, he taught classics at Wesleyan University, University of Rochester, and UC-Santa Cruz.

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	Life Against Death: The Psychoanalytical Meaning of History by Norman O. Brown, Christopher Lasch (Contributor) 4.15 avg rating — 561 ratings — published 1959 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love's Body 4.17 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 1966 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hermes the Thief: The Evolution of a Myth 3.73 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1969 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Apocalypse and/or Metamorphosis 4.07 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1991 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Challenge of Islam: The Prophetic Tradition by Norman O. Brown, Jay Cantor (Introduction), Jerome Neu (Editor) 4.27 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Closing Time 4.39 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1973 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eros y Tánatos. El sentido psicoanalítico de la historia: El sentido psicoanalítico de la historia it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Meaning is not in things but in between them.”
― Norman O. Brown

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“The human body is not a thing or a substance, given, but a continuous creation.”
― Norman O. Brown

tags: body, creation, human

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“Utopian speculations ... must come back into fashion. They are a way of affirming faith in the possibility of solving problems that seem at the moment insoluble. Today even the survival of humanity is a utopian hope.”
― Norman O. Brown, Life Against Death: The Psychoanalytical Meaning of History

tags: annalee-newitz, dystopia, humanity, utopia

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