| Death and Philosophy Contributor(s): Malpas, J. E. (Editor), Solomon, Robert C. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415191440 ISBN-13: 9780415191449 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $63.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1999 Annotation: i Death and Philosophy /i presents a wide ranging and fascinating variety of different philosophical, aesthetic and literary perspectives on death. br Death raises key questions such as whether life has meaning of life in the face of death, what the meaning of "life after death" might be and whether death is part of a narrative that can be retold in different ways, and considers the various types of death, such as brain death, that challenge mind-body dualism. The essays also include explorations of Chinese, Japanese and Tibetan perspectives on death and why death in some cultures, such as in Mexico's day of the dead, is celebrated. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Humanism |
| Dewey: 128.5 |
| LCCN: 98021615 |
| Lexile Measure: 1440 |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 6.24" W x 9.38" (0.78 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Death and Philosophy considers these questions with different perspectives varying from the existentialist - deriving from Camus, Heidegger or Sartre, to the English speaking analytic tradition of Bernard Williams or Thomas Nagel; to non-wester approaches such as are exemplified in the Tibetan Book of the Dead and in Daoist thought; to perspectives influenced by Lucretious, Epicurus and Nietzsche. Death and Philosophy will be of great interest to philosphers, or those studying religion and theology, buts its clarity and scope ensures it will be accessible to anyone who has considered what it means to be mortal. |