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Nietzsche's prophecy has come to haunt us in our day, says cultural critic Harvey Sarles. The postmodern age is a completely unscripted era, a time that has no generally recognized framework for meaning, when even the search for meaning itself is called into question. Using poetically phrased aphorisms, Sarles probes the many ways in which we currently grope for meaning, emphasizing that answers and even a sense of direction seem unavailable in the current social and historical moment. He examines not only the what but also the why of meaning, explores how this crisis developed, and offers...

In the Foundation Project, Professor Harvey Sarles prepares the ground for an anthropology of the ordinary. In this work, Sarles provides us with a collection of thoughts and aphorisms that challenge the received wisdom and commonplace assumptions regarding human nature and the human condition, mind and body duality, meaning, metaphysics, language, morality, truth, society, religion, democracy, ageing, and the ideal. Published by Trebol Press www.trebolpress.com"

This second edition of Teaching As Dialogue (first published in 1993) shares with the reader nearly half a century of Professor Sarles' experiences and reflections on the art of teaching. Coming from a background of anthropology and concerned with language and dialogue, Harvey Sarles offers the reader his insights into the importance of the role and personality of the teacher in relation to students as persons with futures. Presented as a series of anecdotes and personal reflections, Teaching As Dialogue provides an invaluable resource for student teachers and experienced teachers alike, or...

Next Places is a book for anyone reaching a point of change in life--the young adult moving from school to the world, the professional who is no longer satisfied with his or her work, the person making the transition to another town or a new relationship, the baby boomer contemplating how life will be once out of the workplace, or an older person continuing to open up new paths toward wisdom. Rather than laying out a universal quick fix for dealing with change, Harvey Sarles's meditations entice readers to find their own senses of self-clarity. The idea is to handle change by growing oneself...