Death: a philosophical inquiry
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 cen…
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- Full title :Death : a philosophical inquiry / Paul Fairfield
Summary
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, .
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- Publication Date:2015 [i.e. 2014]
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2015 [i.e. 2014]
Notes
Introduction: Death and Existence 1. The Denial of Death 2. Death Rituals 3. Voluntary Death 4. Being-Toward-Death 5. Openness to Mystery 6. On Speculation and Hope Conclusion: Death as Educator. Index
The Physical Object
- Description:viii, 138 s
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780415837613, 0415837618, 9780415837620, 0415837626
- oclc:ocn900714681
- Dewey Decimal:128.5
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