Embracing Pessimism and Questioning Society's View

Joseph Acquisto is Professor of French at the University of Vermont, USA. He is the author or editor of seven books. In this episode we discuss his book Living Well with Pessimism in Nineteenth-Century France (2021).

Book link: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-61014-2

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