Grief : a philosophical guide / Michael Cholbi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cholbi, Michael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grief--Philosophy.

Grief.

Grief--Miscellanea.

Genre:

Trivia and miscellanea.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 219 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2021]

Biography/History:

Michael Cholbi is Chair in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. He has written and edited many books, including Suicide: The Philosophical Dimensions. He is the founder of the International Association for the Philosophy of Death and Dying (IAPDD). Twitter @MichaelCholbi

Summary:

An engaging and illuminating exploration of grief--and why, despite its intense pain, it can also help us grow. Experiencing grief at the death of a person we love or who matters to us--as universal as it is painful--is central to the human condition. Surprisingly, however, philosophers have rarely examined grief in any depth. In Grief, Michael Cholbi presents a groundbreaking philosophical exploration of this complex emotional event, offering valuable new insights about what grief is, whom we grieve, and how grief can ultimately lead us to a richer self-understanding and a fuller realization of our humanity. Drawing on psychology, social science, and literature as well as philosophy, Cholbi explains that we grieve for the loss of those in whom our identities are invested, including people we don't know personally but cherish anyway, such as public figures. Their deaths not only deprive us of worthwhile experiences; they also disrupt our commitments and values. Yet grief is something we should embrace rather than avoid, an important part of a good and meaningful life. The key to understanding this paradox, Cholbi says, is that grief offers us a unique and powerful opportunity to grow in self-knowledge by fashioning a new identity. Although grief can be tumultuous and disorienting, it also reflects our distinctly human capacity to rationally adapt as the relationships we depend on evolve. An original account of how grieving works and why it is so important, Grief shows how the pain of this experience gives us a chance to deepen our relationships with others and ourselves. -- provided by publisher

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. For Whom We Grieve

Chapter 2. What to Expect When You’re Grieving

Chapter 3. Finding Ourselves in Grief

Chapter 4. Making Good on the Pain

Chapter 5. Reason in the Midst of Grieving

Chapter 6. Our Duty to Grieve

Chapter 7. Madness and Medicine

Conclusion. Grief Most Human

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Cholbi, Michael Grief

ISBN:

9780691211213

0691211213

OCLC:

1273982575