How to Stop Living and Start Worrying: Conversations with Carl Cederström: Conversations with Carl Cederstrom

Critchley Pro, Simon und Carl Cederström:

ISBN 10: 0745650392 / ISBN 13: 9780745650395

Editore: Polity, 2010

Seiten; 9780745650395.3 Gewicht in Gramm: 500. Codice articolo 736940

Riassunto:

The question of how to lead a happy and meaningful life has been at the heart of philosophical debate since time immemorial. Today, however, these questions seem to be addressed not by philosophers but self-help gurus, who frantically champion the individual's quest for self-expression and self-realization; the desire to become authentic.

Against these new age sophistries, How to Stop Living and Start Worrying tackles the question of 'how to live' by forcing us to explore our troubling relationship with death. For Critchley, philosophy begins with the question of finitude and with his understanding of a key classical theme - that to philosophize is to learn how to die. Learning how to accept both our own and others' mortality as a part of life also raises the question of how to love. Critchley argues that the act of love requires us to give up something of ourselves, to lose control so as to be open to the demands of love. We will never be equal to this demand and so we are brought face to face with our own limitations - one form of which is what Critchley calls our 'originary inauthenticity'. By scrutinizing the very nature of humour, Critchley explores what we need to laugh at ourselves and presents the need to confront the inescapable ridiculousness of life.

Reflecting on the work of over 20 years, this book provides a unique, witty and erudite introduction to the thought of Simon Critchley. It includes a revealing biographical conversation with Critchley and a fascinating debate with the critically acclaimed novelist Tom McCarthy about the nature of authenticity. Taken together the conversations give an intimate portrait of one of the most lucid, provocative and engaging philosophers writing today.

Informazioni sugli autori: Simon Critchley is Professor of Philosophy at the New School University.


Simon Critchley is Professor of Philosophy at the New School University.

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Titolo: How to Stop Living and Start Worrying: ...
Casa editrice: Polity
Data di pubblicazione: 2010
Legatura: paperback
Condizione: Gut