Psychoanalytic perspective on what Western philosophers from Socrates to Foucault have called "the art of living."
How are our lives meaningful? What is the relationship of loss to creativity? How can we best engage and overcome our suffering? From Socrates to Foucault, Western philosophers have sought to define "the art of living"-the complex craft of human existence that elicits our thoughtful participation, and the idea that even though death escapes our control, life is not something that simply happens to us in a passive manner but is instead a process that invites our active and lively engagement. A World of Fragile Things offers a distinctly psychoanalytic perspective on "the art of living," one that focuses on ongoing and ever-evolving processes of self-fashioning rather than defining a fixed and unitary sense of self. With a compelling blend of philosophical insight and psychoanalytic acumen, Mari Ruti asks experts and readers alike to probe the complexities of human existence, offering a contemporary outlook on some of the most enduring questions of Western thought.
| ISBN: | 9781438427164 |
| Publication date: | 9th July 2009 |
| Author: | Mari Ruti |
| Publisher: | SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 180 pages |
| Series: | SUNY Series in Psychoanalysis and Culture |
| Genres: |
Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology Literary theory |
Psychoanalytic perspective on what Western philosophers from Socrates to Foucault have called "the art of living."
How are our lives meaningful? What is the relationship of loss to creativity? How can we best engage and overcome our suffering? From Socrates to Foucault, Western philosophers have sought to define "the art of living"-the complex craft of human existence that elicits our thoughtful participation, and the idea that even though death escapes our control, life is not something that simply happens to us in a passive manner but is instead a process that invites our active and lively engagement. A World of Fragile Things offers a distinctly psychoanalytic perspective on "the art of living," one that focuses on ongoing and ever-evolving processes of self-fashioning rather than defining a fixed and unitary sense of self. With a compelling blend of philosophical insight and psychoanalytic acumen, Mari Ruti asks experts and readers alike to probe the complexities of human existence, offering a contemporary outlook on some of the most enduring questions of Western thought.
A World of Fragile Things features in the following genres: Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Literary theory
A World of Fragile Things is available in Hardback, Paperback
A World of Fragile Things was written by Mari Ruti and published by SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press
A World of Fragile Things has 180 pages
Yes it is part of SUNY Series in Psychoanalysis and Culture series