ISBN: 9781971562513 - before the birth of hope and despair: on life, death, and heritage (8 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Before the Birth of Hope and Despair: On Life, Death, and Heritage is a philosophical memoir by Ravinder Nath Bhalla, MD, a retired adult, adolescent, and child psychiatrist who practiced for forty years.The book moves in three movements. The First Witness documents what it looks like when systems designed to sustain life fail to address the lives inside them: a severely autistic son who arrived before the architecture of hope and despair; a ninety-seven-year-old woman who has asked to die and cannot; a diabetic man being taken apart piece by piece; a family standing outside a ventilator door. The central distinction - between biological life, which systems maintain, and biographical life, which they cannot see - runs through every chapter.The Second Movement turns inward: what does witnessing this, for forty years, teach about the life still being lived? The answer, arrived at through grief without ceremony and love without return, is that the confrontation with finitude is not diminishing - it is, with precision, exhilarating.The Third Movement declares: the civilization is fighting the wrong wars, has the intelligence to fight the right ones, and has the choice to begin. The book ends with Rajeev, and with the oldest thing in us - the primal drive that precedes hope and despair, that continues when everything else has been stripped away.56 manuscript pages. The brevity is intentional. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Before the Birth of Hope and Despair: On Life, Death, and Heritage is a philosophical memoir by Ravinder Nath Bhalla, MD, a retired adult, adolescent, and child psychiatrist who practiced for forty years.The book moves in three movements. The First Witness documents what it looks like when systems designed to sustain life fail to address the lives inside them: a severely autistic son who arrived before the architecture of hope and despair; a ninety-seven-year-old woman who has asked to die and cannot; a diabetic man being taken apart piece by piece; a family standing outside a ventilator door. The central distinction - between biological life, which systems maintain, and biographical life, which they cannot see - runs through every chapter.The Second Movement turns inward: what does witnessing this, for forty years, teach about the life still being lived? The answer, arrived at through grief without ceremony and love without return, is that the confrontation with finitude is not diminishing - it is, with precision, exhilarating.The Third Movement declares: the civilization is fighting the wrong wars, has the intelligence to fight the right ones, and has the choice to begin. The book ends with Rajeev, and with the oldest thing in us - the primal drive that precedes hope and despair, that continues when everything else has been stripped away.56 manuscript pages. The brevity is intentional. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Before the Birth of Hope and Despair: On Life, Death, and Heritage is a philosophical memoir by Ravinder Nath Bhalla, MD, a retired adult, adolescent, and child psychiatrist who practiced for forty years.The book moves in three movements. The First Witness documents what it looks like when systems designed to sustain life fail to address the lives inside them: a severely autistic son who arrived before the architecture of hope and despair; a ninety-seven-year-old woman who has asked to die and cannot; a diabetic man being taken apart piece by piece; a family standing outside a ventilator door. The central distinction - between biological life, which systems maintain, and biographical life, which they cannot see - runs through every chapter.The Second Movement turns inward: what does witnessing this, for forty years, teach about the life still being lived? The answer, arrived at through grief without ceremony and love without return, is that the confrontation with finitude is not diminishing - it is, with precision, exhilarating.The Third Movement declares: the civilization is fighting the wrong wars, has the intelligence to fight the right ones, and has the choice to begin. The book ends with Rajeev, and with the oldest thing in us - the primal drive that precedes hope and despair, that continues when everything else has been stripped away.56 manuscript pages. The brevity is intentional. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Before the Birth of Hope and Despair: On Life, Death, and Heritage is a philosophical memoir by Ravinder Nath Bhalla, MD, a retired adult, adolescent, and child psychiatrist who practiced for forty years.The book moves in three movements. The First Witness documents what it looks like when systems designed to sustain life fail to address the lives inside them: a severely autistic son who arrived before the architecture of hope and despair; a ninety-seven-year-old woman who has asked to die and cannot; a diabetic man being taken apart piece by piece; a family standing outside a ventilator door. The central distinction - between biological life, which systems maintain, and biographical life, which they cannot see - runs through every chapter.The Second Movement turns inward: what does witnessing this, for forty years, teach about the life still being lived The answer, arrived at through grief without ceremony and love without return, is that the confrontation with finitude is not diminishing - it is, with precision, exhilarating.The Third Movement declares: the civilization is fighting the wrong wars, has the intelligence to fight the right ones, and has the choice to begin. The book ends with Rajeev, and with the oldest thing in us - the primal drive that precedes hope and despair, that continues when everything else has been stripped away.56 manuscript pages. The brevity is intentional.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Before the Birth of Hope and Despair | On Life, Death, and Heritage | Ravinder Nath MD Bhalla | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2026 | Ravinder Nath Bhalla MD | EAN 9781971562513 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. …