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After Life
Recent Philosophy and Death
Rona Cohen, Ruth Ronen, Rona Cohen, Ruth Ronen
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After Life
Recent Philosophy and Death
Rona Cohen, Ruth Ronen, Rona Cohen, Ruth Ronen
About This Book
Dreams and fantasies of immorality date back to the first human being who was expelled from the Garden of Eden and fell into time, as Augustine recounts. Falling into time, into mortality, living with the consciousness of death and the decline of the body, bear a terrifyingâand yet for some pacifyingâburden that comes with the weight of being human. Today, with the advancement of technology, accompanied by the emergence of trends such as posthumanism and transhumanism, the idea of overcoming death is presented as no longer a mere fantasy, but a legitimate discursive stance. While death is often seen as the Muse of philosophy, what would it mean (philosophically and psychically) to live in a world where death is no longer necessary? After Life: Recent Philosophy and Death is a collection of 11 essays addressing the place of death and its denial from a philosophical, psychoanalytic and literary perspectives. This collection offers contemporary and fresh insights on these timely questions. It was originally published as a special issue of Angelaki.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Citation Information
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- IntroductionâAfter Life: Recent Philosophy and Death
- Death as a Limit to Philosophical Knowledge
- Challenges to Death: Undying
- Challenges to the Life/Death Division
- Heidegger: With and Beyond
- The Socio-Political Discourse of Death
- 10 The Antinomy of Death: Ernst Bloch and Theodor W. Adorno on Utopia and Hope
- 11 Dying Oneâs Own Death: Freud with Rilke
- Index