Per Brask: 6 books

Road trips from Manitoba, Canada, to Palm Springs, CA, inspire these poetic meditations by Danish-born, Canadian poet, playwright, essayist and dramaturge Per K. Brask. Composed in accessible “plain speech,” this collection of 37 poems is grouped thematically into three sections, offering a poetic...

Ekphrasis” is a literary description of, or commentary on, a work of art. A Spectator, the first published collection of ekphrastic poetry by poet, author, playwright and dramaturg Per K. Brask does that, and more. Written in "plain speech," these accessible and insightful poems express the poet's...

What does Judaism say about free will, suffering, good and evil, sin, responsibility, righteousness? Danish philosopher Andreas Simonsen explains where Judaism stands on these and other complex moral issues, puts them into historical context and discusses their relevance to our lives today, while...

An important 20th century work on ethics. Now available in English for the first time.Danish thinker Andreas Simonsen explores what he considers the three most fundamental problems in ethics: free will versus determinism, happiness versus duty, and humanism versus humility.“These problems...

A Poetic Exploration of JudaismPer K. Brask is fascinated with the conversation that Jews have had down through the ages about life and God and about what humans owe to each other and to God. A Jew by conviction not birth, He offers an accessible and insightful collection of 32 poems that explore his experience growing into Judaism.

Is there a solid foundation for the ethical concept of the good?Danish-Jewish thinker Andreas Simonsen explores this “ancient all-important question initially debated by the Sophists, Socrates and Plato” using an ancient technique – the dialogue form. Three separate conversations, three...