The making of the good person : self-help, ethics and philosophy / Nora Hämäläinen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hämäläinen, Nora, author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Series:

Routledge studies in ethics and moral theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self (Philosophy).

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 252 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.

Contents:

<P>1. Introduction </P><P><STRONG>Part 1: Reading the Self-help Culture</STRONG> </P><P>2. What is Self-help? </P><P>3. Plural Histories of Self-help </P><P>4. Self-help and Governmentality </P><P>5. We Have Always Been Governed </P><P><STRONG>Part 2: Philosophy as a Self-transformative Practice</STRONG> </P><P>6. Transformative Hopes in Philosophy </P><P>7. Pierre Hadot

Philosophy as a Spiritual Practice </P><P>8. Foucault's Two Faces? </P><P>9. Murdoch's Platonic Ascent </P><P>10. Wittgenstein's Therapy </P><P>11. Cavell's Ethics of Becoming </P><P>12. Ways Forward </P>

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 11, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Hämäläinen, Nora. Making of the good person

ISBN:

9781003347965

1003347967

9781000863222

1000863220

9781000863147

100086314X

Publisher Number:

40031687842

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.