![]() ![]() Another essay is about being authentic and to not let society mislead a person (here’s where I was reminded of Taylor). One is about the paradox of wanting to be recognised as ill but at the same time not being seen solely as a chronically ill person. This not a memoir rather a philosophy of illness.Įach essay has a different has a different topic but is better when taken as a whole. Jake Goldsmith also has a chronic illness and this essay (or series of essays) document what it is like living with one. The reason being that there is an underrepresentation. ![]() ![]() Jake Goldsmith is the founder of The Barbellion Prize, which specialises in works by disabled authors or has themes of disability. Jake Goldsmith’s book Neither Weak nor Obtuse (first published by Amazon in 2019, later reissued by Sagging Meniscus in 2022, which is the edition I have) has a similar mission but there is an added dimension. Charles Taylor’s 1992 book/essay The Ethics of Authenticity is about being true to oneself despite all the distractions that come with contemporary society. ![]()
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