Why grow up?

Why grow up?: subversive thoughts for an infantile age

by Neiman, Susan

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In "Why Grow Up? " the philosopher Susan Neiman asks not just why one should grow up but how. In making her case she draws chiefly from the thought of Kant and Rousseau, who articulated very different theories on the proper way to "come of age." But these thinkers complement each other in seeking a "path between mindlessly accepting everything you're told and mindlessly rejecting it," and in learning to live without despair in a world marked by painful realities and uncertainties.

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  • Full title :Why grow up? : subversive thoughts for an infantile age / Susan Neiman.

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In "Why Grow Up? " the philosopher Susan Neiman asks not just why one should grow up but how. In making her case she draws chiefly from the thought of Kant and Rousseau, who articulated very different theories on the proper way to "come of age." But these thinkers complement each other in seeking a "path between mindlessly accepting everything you're told and mindlessly rejecting it," and in learning to live without despair in a world marked by painful realities and uncertainties.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2014
  • Edition:First American edition, 2015

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The Physical Object

  • Description:231 pages ; : 20 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780374289966, 0374289964
  • oclc:ocn902852957
  • LC Classification:BF710
  • Dewey Decimal:155.2/5

Table of Contents

Historical backgrounds : possible worlds -- What is enlightenment? -- Breaking chains -- Infancy, childhood, adolescence -- Busy being born -- Don't get fooled again -- Dissatisfied minds -- Becoming adult -- Education -- Travel -- Work -- Why grow up?

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Subjects

Maturation (Psychologie) Maturation (Psychology)

Writers

Neiman, Susan

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