Russon Adult Life

Aging, Responsibility, and the Pursuit of Happiness
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-4384-7952-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 237 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy

Drawing from philosophy and psychology, offers a clear and compelling interpretation of what it means to be an adult.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Russon, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction
Vignette #1: The Generation Gap
Vignette #2: Worldly Engagement
Vignette #3: Mortality and Character
The Plan of the Book

Part I: Human Experience and the Meaning of Adulthood

1. Perception and Its Norms
Perception and Possibility
Reality and Maturity
Character and Aging

Part II: The Form of Adult Life: Maturity and Aging

2. Character and Reality
Exposure: Outer and Inner
Healthy Developments of Character
Responsibility and Happiness

3. Aging
Time: Indifferent and Personal
On Aging
The Spatiality of Adulthood

Part III: The Content of Adult Life: Adult Occupations

4. Domains of Settlement and Engagement
Intimacy: The Family
Economics: The Market
Politics: The State

5. Bearing Witness: Honesty and Wisdom
Art
Religion
Philosophy: Wonder, Science, and Wisdom

Appendix: Notes for Further Study
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

John Russon is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Guelph and the Director of the Toronto Summer Seminar in Philosophy. He is the author of Bearing Witness to Epiphany: Persons, Things, and the Nature of Erotic Life and Human Experience: Philosophy, Neurosis, and the Elements of Everyday Life, both also published by SUNY Press.