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 centrality in phenomenological ideas, such as authenticity and existence the philosophical significance of death rituals: what explains the imperative toward…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-135-04125-0
- EAN: 9781135041250
- Produktnummer: 17040948
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 148 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 2'151 KB
Über den Autor
Paul Fairfield is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Queen's University, Canada.
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