Being and the End of History

In Being and the End of History, author Robert Meldahl theorizes that life itself is dominated by the experience of anxiety. The concept of "separateness" from one's immediate surroundings gives one a sense of alienation from his world. Being and the End of History teaches us that ethnic and familial attachments work conversely to provide one with an identity while also creating self-limitations. Meldahl asserts that it is this conflict that alienates one from the Universe of which he is an essential part. The safety of the lost past provides one with certainty as man futilely attempts to control the present by making it as dead as the past. This great work offers a fresh take on shaking one's past and remaining in the present.