{"product_id":"death-a-philosophical-inquiry","title":"Death: A Philosophical Inquiry","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Nietzsche's pronouncement that \"God is dead\" to Camus' argument that suicide is the fundamental question of philosophy, the concept of death plays an important role in existential phenomenology, reaching from Kierkegaard to Heidegger and Marcel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the phenomenology of death and offers a unique way into the phenomenological tradition. Paul Fairfield examines the following key topics:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe modern denial of death \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeidegger's important concept of 'being-toward-death' and its centrality in phenomenological ideas, such as authenticity and existence \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe philosophical significance of death rituals: what explains the imperative toward ritual around death, and what is its purpose and meaning? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edeath in an age of secularism \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe philosophy and ethics of suicide \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edeath as a mystery rather than a philosophical problem to be solved\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe relationship between hope and death\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDeath: A Philosophical Inquiry \u003c\/em\u003eis essential reading for students of phenomenology and existentialism, and will also be of interest to students in related fields such as religion, anthropology and the medical humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54984242659672,"sku":"9780415837613","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415837613.jpg?v=1769273120","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/death-a-philosophical-inquiry","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}