Alienation and Freedom |
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| Author:
| Schmitt, Richard |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8133-6588-6 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2002 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $110.00 |
Book Description:
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Alienated lives are incoherent and lack meaning--more profoundly so when questions about meaning are no longer taken seriously. Alienation is pervasive in our society where wealth, comfort, diversion, and "fun” are more important than lives that make sense.
Alienation and Freedom develops the concept of alienation more concretely than other books on the subject by using not only philosophical but also literary texts as its guides. It documents how our social system...
More DescriptionAlienated lives are incoherent and lack meaning--more profoundly so when questions about meaning are no longer taken seriously. Alienation is pervasive in our society where wealth, comfort, diversion, and "fun” are more important than lives that make sense. Alienation and Freedom develops the concept of alienation more concretely than other books on the subject by using not only philosophical but also literary texts as its guides. It documents how our social system fosters alienation and thereby limits our freedom.