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The meaning of life : a very short introduction / Terry Eagleton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eagleton, Terry, 1943-
- Series:
- Very short introductions.
- Very short introductions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Life.
- Meaning (Philosophy).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (109 pages) : illustrations, portraits.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- We have all wondered about the meaning of life. But is there an answer? And do we even really know what we're asking? Eagleton suggests that the problem of the meaning of life arose with modernity. He looks at the cultural and philosophical reasons for this.
- Contents:
- Questions and answers
- The problem of meaning
- The eclipse of meaning
- Is life what you make it?
- Notes:
- Originally published: 2007.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-157903-3
- 9786611515218
- 1-4294-7055-0
- 1-281-51521-3
- 9786611160708
- 0-19-152621-5
- 0-19-155972-5
- 0-19-953217-6
- 1-281-16070-9
- OCLC:
- 476245746
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