| Death and Anti-Death, Volume 4: Twenty Years After de Beauvoir, Thirty Years After Heidegger Contributor(s): Tandy, Charles (Editor), Zavos, Panayiotis M. (Contribution by), Mussett, Shannon M. (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0974347280 ISBN-13: 9780974347288 Publisher: Ria University Press OUR PRICE: $62.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Death & Dying - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - Science |
| Series: Death & Anti-Death (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.25" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.74 lbs) 508 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Death/Dying |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This anthology of 16 chapters (see details below) is VOLUME 4 of the DEATH AND ANTI-DEATH series by Ria University Press. Most of the contributions consist of scholarship unique to this volume. Includes index. Although published in honor of Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986) and Martin Heidegger (1889-1976), the chapters do NOT necessarily mention Simone de Beauvoir or Martin Heidegger. The 16 chapters (by professional philosophers and other professional scholars) ARE directed to issues related to death, life extension, and anti-death - as follows: 1. Mechanism, Galileo's Animale And Heidegger's Gestell: Reflections On The Lifelessness Of Modern Science (by Giorgio Baruchello); |