This life : why mortality makes us free
Hägglund, Martin2020
Book
If this life is all there is, what should we do with it? Join Swedish philosopher Martin Hägglund on an original inquiry into the deepest questions of existence, beginning with a radical declaration: 'What I do and what I love can matter to me only because I understand myself as mortal'. Through revelatory engagements with some of history's greatest philosophers, including Aristotle, St Augustine, Nietzsche, Hegel and Marx, Hägglund attacks our two great deceivers, religion and capitalism. Only by stripping away their subtle illusions can we discover the true value of our earthly freedom.
Main title:
This life : why mortality makes us free / Martin Hägglund.
Author:
Hägglund, Martin, author
Imprint:
London : Profile Books, 2020.
Collation:
450 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2019.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781788163019 (pbk)
Dewey class:
111.6
Language:
English
BRN:
3098638