Why grow up? : subversive thoughts for an infantile age / Susan Neiman.

By:

Neiman, Susan

Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015Edition: First American editionDescription: 231 pages ; 20 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780374289966

Subject(s):

Maturation (Psychology)

DDC classification:

155.2/5 23

LOC classification:

BF710 .N44 2015

Contents:

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?

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.