A World of Fragile Things: Psychoanalysis and the Art of Living

by Mari Ruti

Book Overview

How are our lives meaningful? What is the relationship of loss to creativity? How can we best engage and overcome our suffering? From Socrates to Foucault, Western philosophers have sought to define "the art of living"-the complex craft of human existence that elicits our thoughtful participation, and the idea that even though death escapes our control, life is not something that simply happens to us in a passive manner but is instead a process that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438427158
• ISBN13: 9781438427157
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.1"