How Are We to Confront Death? An Introduction to Philosophy |
|
| Author:
| Dastur, Françoise |
| Translator:
| Vallier, Robert |
| Foreword by:
| Krell, David Farrell |
| Series title: | Perspectives in Continental Philosophy Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8232-4240-5 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2012 |
| Publisher: | Fordham University Press
|
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $25.00 |
Book Description:
|
This books offers a philosophical exploration and assessment of the various ways in which human societies have confronted the question of death and mortality. In a very accessible style, the author considers religion's attempt to make sense of death, science's attempt to evade death, and philosophy's attempt to embrace death as a fundamental and defining moment of what it means to be human.
This books offers a philosophical exploration and assessment of the various ways in which human societies have confronted the question of death and mortality. In a very accessible style, the author considers religion's attempt to make sense of death, science's attempt to evade death, and philosophy's attempt to embrace death as a fundamental and defining moment of what it means to be human.