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After Life: Recent Philosophy and Death

After Life: Recent Philosophy and Death

Cohen, Rona
Ronen, Ruth

Hardcover

Series: Angelaki: New Work in the Theoretical Humanities

Philosophy

ISBN10: 103244312X
ISBN13: 9781032443126
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Mar 31 2023
Pages: 154
Weight: 1.12
Height: 0.44 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English

Dreams and fantasies of immorality date back to the first human being who was expelled from the Garden of Eden and fell into time, as Augustine recounts. Falling into time, into mortality, living with the consciousness of death and the decline of the body, bear a terrifying--and yet for some pacifying--burden that comes with the weight of being human. Today, with the advancement of technology, accompanied by the emergence of trends such as posthumanism and transhumanism, the idea of overcoming death is presented as no longer a mere fantasy, but a legitimate discursive stance. While death is often seen as the Muse of philosophy, what would it mean (philosophically and psychically) to live in a world where death is no longer necessary? After Life: Recent Philosophy and Death is a collection of 11 essays addressing the place of death and its denial from a philosophical, psychoanalytic and literary perspectives. This collection offers contemporary and fresh insights on these timely questions. It was originally published as a special issue of Angelaki.

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