Death and philosophy / edited by Jeff Malpas and Robert C. Solomon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Malpas, Jeff.

Solomon, Robert C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Death.

Physical Description:

xi, 211 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Summary:

"Death and Philosophy" presents a wide ranging and fascinating variety of different philosophical, aesthetic and literary perspectives on death. Death raises key questions such as whether life has meaning of life in the face of death, what the meaning of "life after death" might be and whether death is part of a narrative that can be retold in different ways, and considers the various types of death, such as brain death, that challenge mind-body dualism. The essays also include explorations of Chinese, Japanese and Tibetan perspectives on death and why death in some cultures, such as in Mexico's day of the dead, is celebrated.

Contents:

Death and philosophy: introduction / Jeff Malpas and Robert C. Solomon

My death / Tem Horowitz

Against death / Reinhard Steiner

On the purported insignificance of death / Ivan Soll

Death and the skeleton / Kathleen Higgins

Death, the bald scenario / Betty S. Flowers

Death as transformation in classical Daoism / Roger T. Ames

Death and enlightenment / Robert Wicks

Death and detachment / Graham Parkes

Death and metaphysics / Peter Kraus / Death and authenticity / Julian Young

Death and the unity of a life / Jeff Malpas

The antinomy of death / Peter Loptson

Death fetishism, morbid solipsism / Robert C. Solomon.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-202) and index.

ISBN:

0415191432

0415191440

OCLC:

39033404