Death

Death: a philosophical inquiry

by Fairfield, Paul

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"From Nietzsche's pronouncement that "God is dead" to Camus' argument that suicide is the fundamental question of philosophy, the concept of death plays an important role in existential phenomenology, reaching from Kierkegaard to Heidegger and Marcel. This book explores the phenomenology of death and offers a unique way into the phenomenological tradition. Paul Fairfield examines the following key topics: the modern denial of death; Heidegger's important concept of 'being-toward-death' and its …

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Death : a philosophical inquiry / Paul Fairfield.

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"From Nietzsche's pronouncement that "God is dead" to Camus' argument that suicide is the fundamental question of philosophy, the concept of death plays an important role in existential phenomenology, reaching from Kierkegaard to Heidegger and Marcel. This book explores the phenomenology of death and offers a unique way into the phenomenological tradition. Paul Fairfield examines the following key topics: the modern denial of death; Heidegger's important concept of 'being-toward-death' and its centrality in phenomenological ideas, such as authenticity and existence; the philosophical significance of death rituals: what explains the imperative toward ritual around death, and what is its purpose and meaning?; death in an age of secularism; the philosophy and ethics of suicide; death as a mystery rather than a philosophical problem to be solved; and the relationship between hope and death."--The publisher's description

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2015

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Routledge
  • Place of Publication:Oxfordshire, England
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2015

Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (149 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780203789834, 0203789830
  • oclc:ocn893685938
  • LC Classification:BD444
  • Dewey Decimal:128/.5

Table of Contents

1. The denial of death -- 2. Death rituals -- 3. Voluntary death -- 4. Being-toward-death -- 5. Openness to mystery -- 6. On speculation and hope.

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Subjects

Attitude to Death Death Death -- Psychological aspects deaths Mort Mort -- Aspect psychologique PHILOSOPHY -- Movements Thanatologie Thanatology

Writers

Fairfield, Paul

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