Notes on Suicide
Suicide is everywhere. It haunts history and current events. It haunts our own networks of friends and family. The spectre of suicide looms large, but the topic is taboo because any meaningful discussion must at the very least consider that the answer to the question - 'is life worth living?' - might not be an emphatic yes; it might even be a stern no. Through a sweeping historical overview of suicide, a moving literary survey of famous suicide notes, and a psychological analysis of himself, Simon Critchley offers us an insight into what it means to possess the all too human gift and curse of being able to choose life or death. Five years aft…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-913097-49-3
- EAN: 9781913097493
- Produktnummer: 34632890
- Verlag: Fitzcarraldo Editions
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 120 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'505 KB
Über den Autor
Simon Critchley is Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York. His books include Very Little... Almost Nothing, Infinitely Demanding, The Book of Dead Philosophers, The Faith of the Faithless, and Tragedy, The Greeks and Us. He has also written short books on David Bowie and football, and a novella called Memory Theatre (also published by Fitzcarraldo Editions). He runs 'The Stone', a philosophy column in The New York Times and is also 50 per cent of an obscure musical combo called Critchley & Simmons. A new book, Bald, is forthcoming.
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