Failing (into) Meaning: Everything Everywhere All At Once and Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes)

Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes) and the 2022 film Everything Everywhere All At Once understand the embrace of life's meaninglessness as essential for learning how to live meaningfully. Whereas life's pervasive meaninglessness leads Qoheleth to recommend enjoyment (of food and drink) as the ultimat...

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Main Author: Rindge, Matthew S. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 2024
In: Interpretation
Year: 2024, Volume: 78, Issue: 3, Pages: 207-220
Further subjects:B Everything Everywhere All At Once
B Multiverse
B Meaning and Meaninglessness
B Failure (as virtue)
B Vulnerability
B Kindness
B Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes)
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Summary:Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes) and the 2022 film Everything Everywhere All At Once understand the embrace of life's meaninglessness as essential for learning how to live meaningfully. Whereas life's pervasive meaninglessness leads Qoheleth to recommend enjoyment (of food and drink) as the ultimate good, the film insists that the optimal response to life's meaninglessness is to adopt postures of vulnerability and kindness, and to understand how failure can be a virtue.
ISSN:2159-340X
Contains:Enthalten in: Interpretation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/00209643241243085