{"product_id":"human-being-human","title":"Human Being Human","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHuman Being Human\u003c\/em\u003e explores the classical question 'What is a human being?'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn examining our human being, Christopher Hauke challenges the notion of human nature, questions the assumed superiority of human consciousness and rational thinking and pays close attention to the contradiction of living simultaneously as an autonomous individual and a member of the collective community. The main chapters include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewho's in charge here? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eknowledge power and human being \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethat thinking feeling \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eis modern consciousness different? Modern consciousness and the quest for spirituality \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eendings, the unconscious and time \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrpheus, Dionysus and popular culture.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is also structured around brief panel essays with a distinctly personal tone, such as: the rise of revulsion: spitting and the stones, what is the double when the original is gone? And 'I lived with the Speaking Clock'. All these themes are amplified by examples drawn from psychotherapy, film, literature and popular culture, and illustrated with many evocative photographs and film stills.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHuman Being Human\u003c\/em\u003e provides an original perspective on what it is to be a human being, the value of popular culture, the relationship between the individual and the collective and our assumptions about truth, reality and power. Written in a highly accessible style, this book is both intellectually and emotionally satisfying and will fascinate anyone interested in contemporary psychology, cultural studies, film and media, social history and psychotherapy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254808629592,"sku":"9781583917152","price":42.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781583917152.jpg?v=1770150627","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/human-being-human","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}