The fear of insignificance [electronic resource] : searching for meaning in the twenty-first century /
by Strenger, Carlo; ProQuest (Firm).
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BookPublisher: New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011Description: 220 p.ISBN: ; ; .Subject(s): Existential psychology | Existentialism | Individuation (Psychology) | Electronic booksOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
The years of the golden calf -- "Just do it ": the celebrity culture and the designed self -- The defeat of mind : relativism and pop-spirituality -- The drama of individuality -- From "just do it!" to active self acceptance -- Paring down life to the essentials : an epicurean proposal -- Escaping the platonic cave -- Religion and science : civilized disdain and epicurean laughter -- Towards world-citizenship and a coalition of open worldviews.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The years of the golden calf -- "Just do it ": the celebrity culture and the designed self -- The defeat of mind : relativism and pop-spirituality -- The drama of individuality -- From "just do it!" to active self acceptance -- Paring down life to the essentials : an epicurean proposal -- Escaping the platonic cave -- Religion and science : civilized disdain and epicurean laughter -- Towards world-citizenship and a coalition of open worldviews.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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