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Expression and survival : an aesthetic approach to the problem of suicide / by Craig Greenman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greenman, Craig.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Suicide--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Suicide.
- Suicidal behavior.
- Suicide--Prevention.
- Suicide victims--Mental health.
- Suicide victims.
- Art and mental illness.
- Art therapy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (118 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Philosophers know suicide primarily as an ethical problem. But in Expression and Survival, Craig Greenman argues that, when it comes to suicide, the standard ethical approach may do more harm than good. He develops instead an aesthetic approach, arguing that art-making it or experiencing it-can help a suicidal person survive. Drawing on the work of philosophers and artists, as well as his own experiences, Greenman guides the reader through the landscape to which many suicidal people feel co...
- Contents:
- pt. 1. The problem of suicide
- pt. 2. Suicide and ethics
- pt. 3. An aesthetic approach.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-19155-1
- 9786612191558
- 1-4438-0785-0
- OCLC:
- 827209213
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