The fear of insignificance : searching for meaning in the twenty-first century / Carlo Strenger.

Author/creator Strenger, Carlo
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Description220 pages ; 21 cm
Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Strenger, Carlo. Fear of insignificance. 1st ed. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
LCCN 2010030276
ISBN9780230108950 (alk. paper)
ISBN0230108954 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780230113756 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0230113753 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks BF204.5 .S745 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold