Why grow up? : subversive thoughts for an infantile age /
Neiman, Susan.
Why grow up? : subversive thoughts for an infantile age / Susan Neiman. - First American edition. - 231 pages ; 20 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Historical backgrounds : possible worlds -- What is enlightenment? -- Breaking chains -- Infancy, childhood, adolescence -- Busy being born -- Don't get fooled again -- Dissatisfied minds -- Becoming adult -- Education -- Travel -- Work -- Why grow up?
In "Why Grow Up? "the philosopher Susan Neiman asks not just why one should grow up but how. In making her case she draws chiefly from the thought of Kant and Rousseau, who articulated very different theories on the proper way to "come of age." But these thinkers complement each other in seeking a "path between mindlessly accepting everything you're told and mindlessly rejecting it," and in learning to live without despair in a world marked by painful realities and uncertainties.
9780374289966
2014039383
Maturation (Psychology)
BF710 / .N44 2015
155.2/5
Why grow up? : subversive thoughts for an infantile age / Susan Neiman. - First American edition. - 231 pages ; 20 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Historical backgrounds : possible worlds -- What is enlightenment? -- Breaking chains -- Infancy, childhood, adolescence -- Busy being born -- Don't get fooled again -- Dissatisfied minds -- Becoming adult -- Education -- Travel -- Work -- Why grow up?
In "Why Grow Up? "the philosopher Susan Neiman asks not just why one should grow up but how. In making her case she draws chiefly from the thought of Kant and Rousseau, who articulated very different theories on the proper way to "come of age." But these thinkers complement each other in seeking a "path between mindlessly accepting everything you're told and mindlessly rejecting it," and in learning to live without despair in a world marked by painful realities and uncertainties.
9780374289966
2014039383
Maturation (Psychology)
BF710 / .N44 2015
155.2/5