On meanings of life : their nature and origin / Jerome Eckstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eckstein, Jerome.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Meaning (Philosophy).

Life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Addressing the question of what makes life meaningful, Jerome Eckstein explores the ways in which we can heighten or diminish the quality of our life experience. He focuses on two contrasting attitudes toward life experiences: "interested" (goal-oriented) and "intraested" (non-goal-oriented, i.e., something directed only at itself) and shows that both attitudes are important and necessary in order to make life meaningful. Philosophy, psychology, religion, myth, poetry, and music are all brought to bear on such specific life-meaning issues as work, play, love, art, neurosis, and happiness, and in a touching epilogue, Eckstein discusses his own life meanings in terms of metaphysical loneliness, laughter, and dignity.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Intraestedness and Meanings of Life

Excursus to Objectivity and Postmodernism

Suicide and Meanings of Life

Uncertainty, Religion, and Meanings of Life

Wholeness: Primordial and Vicarial

Epilogue

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-158) and index.

ISBN:

9780791488041

0791488047

OCLC:

794701337