The Existential Drinker

by Steven Earnshaw

Drinking to excess has been a striking problem for industrial and post-industrial societies - who is responsible when an individual opts for a slow suicide? The causes of such drinking have often been blamed on genes, moral weakness, 'disease' (addiction), hedonism, and Romantic illusion. Yet there is another reason: the drinker may act with sincere philosophical intent, exploring the edges of self, consciousness, will, ethics, authenticity and finitude...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719099617
• ISBN13: 9780719099618
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"