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The Death of God and the Meaning of Life

Name: The Death of God and the Meaning of Life
Author: Julian Young

Auteur: Julian Young

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Julian Young

Engels
Hardcover
9780415841122
19 mei 2014
242 pagina's

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What is the meaning of life? In the post-modern, post-religious scientific world, this question is becoming a preoccupation. But it also has a long history: many major figures in philosophy had something to say on the subject, as Julian Young so vividly illustrates in this thought-provoking second edition of The Death of God and the Meaning of Life.

What is the meaning of life? In today's secular, post-religious scientific world, this question has become a serious preoccupation. But it also has a long history: many major philosophers have thought deeply about it, as Julian Young so vividly illustrates in this thought-provoking second edition of The Death of God and the Meaning of Life.

Three new chapters explore Søren Kierkegaard’s attempts to preserve a Christian answer to the question of the meaning of life, Karl Marx's attempt to translate this answer into naturalistic and atheistic terms, and Sigmund Freud’s deep pessimism about the possibility of any version of such an answer. Part 1 presents an historical overview of philosophers from Plato to Marx who have believed in a meaning of life, either in some supposed ‘other’ world or in the future of this world. Part 2 assesses what happened when the traditional structures that give life meaning began to erode. With nothing to take their place, these structures gave way to the threat of nihilism, to the appearance that life is meaningless. Young looks at the responses to this threat in chapters on Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, Camus, Foucault and Derrida.

Fully revised and updated throughout, this highly engaging exploration of fundamental issues will captivate anyone who’s ever asked themselves where life’s meaning (if there is one) really lies. It also makes a perfect historical introduction to philosophy, particularly to the continental tradition.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 19 mei 2014
Aantal pagina's: 242
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Hoofdauteur: Julian Young
Hoofduitgeverij: Routledge

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Originele titel: The Death of God and the Meaning of Life

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Editie: 2
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Product breedte: 160 mm
Product hoogte: 20 mm
Product lengte: 236 mm
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Verpakking breedte: 160 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 20 mm
Verpakking lengte: 236 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 522 g

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EAN: 9780415841122

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Categorieën: Religie, Spiritualiteit & Filosofie

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Taal: Engels
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